Should you ask me if I'm happy, I'll answer that I'm not.

Well, I'd rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here.

I was trying not to be happy, hopeful. I did not believe I deserved happiness or even hope, if you knew my soul.

Many people care more about being right than being happy.

"A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer."

"He won't be happy till he gets it," said Michael, at last: "The only thing is, you see, he doesn't know what IT is."

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Being right does not always bring satisfaction,

You may get to be “right,” but the question you have to ask yourself is “Would I rather be right or be happy? Would I rather be right or be successful?

The point is that if several people are telling you the same thing, there is probably some truth in it. Why resist it? You may get to be “right,” but the question you have to ask yourself is “Would I rather be right or be happy? Would I rather be right or be successful?

I'll tell you," she said softly. "But you won't like it."
He looked away from her. "I asked for the truth. Whether I like it or not, I have to know.

I take no pleasure in being Right in my dark predictions about the fate of our military intervention in the heart of the Muslim world. It is immensely depressing to me. Nobody likes to be betting against the Home team.

This is the Imus in the Morning program, We're not happy 'till you're not happy.

Thank you for your news, Princess. It is none of it happy, but only a fool desires cheerful ignorance and I try not to be a fool. That is my heaviest burden.