Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

In all pleasures hope is a considerable part.

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

You really want to make sure that you have fun, at the end of the day. If it's not fun, what's the point.

I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.

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

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.

The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for.

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

If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.

I would be happy not even being a supermodel. Being able to get a taste of everything that I want a taste of makes me happy.

You bet I did. I enjoyed it.