Happy Quotes
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These quotes will leave you more giddy than Belle in a library. Click on any happy quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.
"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Author: Stephen Chbosky
"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are."Source: The Alchemist | Author: Paulo Coelho
"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."Source: Poor Richard's Almanack | Author: Benjamin Franklin
"Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony."Source: Ebony and Ivory | Speaker: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
"Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse rock!"Source: "Jailhouse Rock" | Speaker: Elvis Presley
"Fat bottomed girls, you make the rocking world go round."Source: Fat Bottomed Girls | Speaker: Queen
"Get up offa that thing and dance 'till you feel better!"Source: Get Up Offa That Thing | Speaker: James Brown
"Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball."Source: Good Golly Miss Molly | Speaker: Little Richard
"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times."Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Speaker: Albus Dumbledore
"He ain't no drag—Papa's got a brand new bag."Source: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | Speaker: James Brown
"Hope is the thing with feathers—That perches in the soul"Source: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers | Author: Emily Dickinson
"I believe it is peace for our time."Source: Speech outside 10 Downing Street | Speaker: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
"I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself."Source: Heart of Darkness | Author: Joseph Conrad
"I get by with a little help from my friends."Source: With a Little Help from My Friends | Speaker: The Beatles
"I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature."Source: Northanger Abbey | Author: Jane Austen
"I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine."Source: I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Speaker: Marvin Gaye
"I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing."Source: Moby-Dick | Author: Herman Melville
"I said you wanna be startin' somethin', you gotta be startin' something."Source: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" | Speaker: Michael Jackson
"I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain."Source: Singin' in the Rain | Speaker: Don Lockwood
"I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away."Source: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Speaker: Otis Redding
"If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars."Source: War and Peace | Author: Leo Tolstoy
"If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another."Source: Mansfield Park | Author: Jane Austen
"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."Source: Furman v. Georgia | Author: Thurgood Marshall
"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied."Source: Utilitarianism | Author: John Stuart Mill
"It's something about the way you look tonight."Source: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Speaker: Elton John
"It's the end of the world as we know it"Source: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" | Speaker: R.E.M.
"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."Source: Trade Mart speech (undelivered) | Speaker: John F. Kennedy
"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."Source: The Declaration of Independence | Author: Thomas Jefferson
"Maybe Christmas, perhaps...means a little bit more!"Source: How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Author: Dr. Seuss
"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most human."Source: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Speaker: James Kirk
"Oh Philadelphia freedom, shine on me, I love you."Source: "Philadelphia Freedom" | Speaker: Elton John
"Right is right, and wrong is wrong."Source: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Author: Mark Twain
"See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen."Source: "Dancing Queen" | Speaker: ABBA
"She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom!"Source: The Scarlet Letter | Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"Source: Auld Lang Syne | Speaker: Robert Burns
"Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours."Source: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace"Source: The Epistle to the Romans | Author: Paul of Tarsus
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."Source: I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! | Author: Dr. Seuss
"There is a place where the sidewalk ends."Source: Where the Sidewalk Ends | Author: Shel Silverstein
"This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."Source: Psalm 118:24 | Author: The Psalmist
"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."Source: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | Author: Dr. Seuss
"Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner.""Source: Ich bin ein Berliner Speech | Speaker: John F. Kennedy
"We can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them."Source: The Mill on the Floss | Author: George Eliot
"You can feel it all over. You can feel it all over, people."Source: Sir Duke | Speaker: Stevie Wonder
"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so...get on your way!"Source: Oh, the Places You'll Go! | Author: Dr. Seuss