Carl Hiaasen Quotes

The dog is the god of frolic.

I'm a big dog fan. They're the best. They make life better, although they're hard to deal with. But complications in life are actually what make it fun.

As an adult, my hero is my dog, Mouse. He is so friendly to everyone he meets. He wags his tail and loves everyone, like Jesus!

Bubbles are one of the few things in life that we are allowed to break.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

As much as I love a smart kid who can spell nicely, I love a giggling kid wrapped in loo roll pretending to be a mummy even more.

When people ask me what I think about when I'm playing, I picture myself as a 10-year-old girl, playing in the park, scoring a goal and then celebrating. That's when I'm playing best.

I love kids - they're so carefree and always put a smile on my face.

Playing SpongeBob is freeing. There is something intrinsically about him that people identify with no matter their age.

It's so much fun trying to channel my inner four-year-old.

A puppy is the ultimate distraction.

Life is nutty, so it's good to sing and have a good time.

If I had to come back in life, I'd come back as a dolphin... they're always smiling; they're always playing.

I always try to play happily.

I've been doing this since I was a kid. I'm always going to play the game with a smile on my face, blowing bubbles, sunflower seeds, whatever it is. That's just who I am.

We humans absorb a lot of negativity in this world, but dogs are pure joy.

Pugs are really great dogs to have as they are such loyal, funny companions.

Look past the violence. There is a wonderful brimming spirit of innocence and fun.

For the Baul, life is not a serious thing. It is fun, it is laughter, it is joy. So you cannot find anything like the seriousness of a church-goer, or the long faces of so-called religious people in the world of the Bauls. They love laughter, they love fun. They enjoy small things with tremendous respect. Ordinarily, religions are very long-faced, very sombre, serious, because they have to be - they are against life.

There is nothing in life to take seriously except the joy of life.

There’s a large part of me that’s four years old. I wake up in the morning and I know that somewhere there’s a cookie. I don’t know where it is but I know it’s mine and I have to go find it. That’s how I live my life. My life is amazingly filled with fun.

Life is hard enough, so when you can get any joy out of it, whether it's something you do on a day-to-day basis, or the people in your life, or going to see a funny movie, there's just nothing better. That's what life is about.

Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that's just for me and I won't worry about what I should be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.

It's fun just spending time with everyone. It's something that's so simple, yet so valuable to me

I will always have a child in me. That is what Pete Jackson has got, what a lot of the directors I have worked with have. It is about knowing how to have fun and that is something I always want to hold on to.