Billy Wilder Quotes

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

I'd be lying if I said the success means nothing to me. It does. I enjoy it and live a pretty great life.

I've never worked on anything that I haven't in some way enjoyed.

I guess just enjoying what you do and always wanting more of that enjoyment, satisfaction, and putting something together creatively - that gives me a lot of happiness.

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

I think that success is having fun.

It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

I don't enjoy anything while I'm doing it. I enjoy having done things, though.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

I believe the relationships and emotions you experience when you have success are the things that last forever.

Once you are satisfied with your goal, it is the real happiness.

Fun and pleasure are just as delicious as achieving a goal.

My happiness is not going to be driven solely on whether we win a Super Bowl or not.

I am happy wherever I get success.

I guess I could be happy in anything where you feel like there's a scoreboard.

You can be the CEO of a big company and still be unhappy. You can also pass an exam and feel like you've hit the jackpot. Success all depends on how happy you are.

I remember thinking, 'If I can make Tina Fey laugh, I can die happy.'

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

To see your friend's dreams come true, there's really nothing that can make you happier.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.