Mammootty Quotes

We participate and are responsible for a lot of the things that happen to us. If you hate your job, you are much more likely to get sick and die at a younger age than someone who's happy at work and has a nice family life and is mentally well adjusted.

I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life is to do things that are fun all the time.

The less I work, the happier I am. I discovered that, as most people discover at some point.

The poor get bored the same as the rest of us. Their happiness might be as important to them as their health.

Working hard is a great way to impact the world, to learn, to grow, to feel accomplished, and sometimes even to find happiness, but it becomes a problem when you do so at the expense of the people closest to you.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.

Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.

There is no evidence that success in business will make us happy people or allow us to have happy families.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.

Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in Japan.

The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.

We need happy, productive citizens on our planet for us to survive.

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.

I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.

I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.

With the computer and stuff, the difference between a rich guy and a poor guy, to me, is nothing. Because I don't like big houses, I don't drive a car, so you know, I just live in a small apartment and I have my computer, which is really cool.

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness.

You feel stressed when you think that you are working. When I am doing movies, I don't feel that way at all. When I wake up in the morning and then get dressed up for the job, I feel good because this is what I want. I am the happiest that way and honestly, if at all I get a day or two off, I get restless.

Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.

In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.

Richer people tend to be happier than poor people, and people in poor countries tend to be less happy than people in rich countries.

How can you compare the the masses of Western Europe with our people—so patient, so accustomed to privation?

‘Money can't buy happiness.’ That's just a lie we tell poor people to keep them from rioting in the streets