Quotes About Contentment

What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day. And are you? No. That's where it all falls down, of course. Pity, said Arthur. It sounded like rather a good lifestyle otherwise.

Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what's actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, Hang the sense of it, and keep yourself busy. I'd much rather be happy than right any day.

For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and satisfied, drove on into the night.

No one really knows what mattresses are meant to gain from their lives either. They are large, friendly, pocket-sprung creatures that live quiet private lives in the marshes of Sqornshellous Zeta. Many of them get caught, slaughtered, dried out, shipped out and slept on. None of them seems to mind this and all of them are called Zem.

You're paid a lot and you're not happy, so the first thing you do is buy stuff that you don't want or need—for which you need more money.

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor – at least no one worth speaking of.

My capacity for happiness,' he added, 'you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.

It appeared then to be at least partially satisfied. Whereas before it had been a cross dodo, it was at least now a cross, fed dodo, which was probably about as much as it could hope for in this life.

Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.' 'And are you?' 'No. That's where it all falls down, of course.' 'Pity,' said Arthur with sympathy. 'It sounded like quite a good lifestyle otherwise.

Arthur sat at the bar and rested. He was used to not knowing what was going on. He felt comfortable with it.

Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Bianchi lenzuoli irlandesi, appena inamidati, puliti, stirati, ben rimboccati - questi aggettivi erano per lui come una litania di desiderio. Da secoli nulla l'aveva attratto come ora le lenzuola. Non riusciva assolutamente a concepire come si potesse desiderare qualcos'altro. Lenzuola. E dormire. Dormire e lenzuola. Dormire nelle lenzuola. Dormire.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.' 'And are you?' 'No. That's where it all falls down, of course.

but I'd far rather be happy than right any day." "And are you?" "No. That's where it all falls down, of course.

But naturally my shoulder, sir,' mooed the animal contentedly, 'nobody else's is mine to offer.

This planet has—or rather had—a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

La scienza ha raggiunto traguardi meravigliosi, certo, ma io preferirei essere felice piuttosto che avere sempre ragione.

Desde luego, la ciencia ha logrado cosas maravillosas, pero yo preferiría, con mucho, ser feliz.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Benim mutluluk kapasitemi, diye ekledi, bir kibrit kutusuna s??d?rabilirsin, hem de içindeki kibritleri bile ç?karmadan.

no one was really poor—at least no one worth speaking of.

This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

Eskiden beri ileri sürüldüÄŸü gibi, evren tedirgin edici büyüklükte bir yerdir ve pek çok kiÅŸi sakin bir hayat uÄŸruna bu gerçeÄŸi görmezden gelmeye meyillidir. Birçoklar? kendi tasarlad?klar? daha küçük bir yere memnuniyetle ta??nmaktad?r, hatta asl?nda çoÄŸunluÄŸun yapt??? da budur.