“Everyone has a right to be a little happy, asshole.”

— John Irving, book Last Night in Twisted River

Source: Last Night in Twisted River

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Everyone has a right to be a little happy, asshole." by John Irving?

John Irving97

American novelist and screenwriter 1942

Leo Strauss (1899–1973) Classical philosophy specialist and father of neoconservativism

Source: Natural Right and History (1953), p. 6

“You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
That's right!
You're an asshole! You're an asshole!
Yes yes!”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

"Broken Hearts are for Assholes"
"Sheik Yerbouti" (1979)
Variant: You're an asshole, You're an asshole, that's right! You're an asshole, You're an asshole, yes yes!

“Dark Helmet [after everyone on the bridge announces that their last name is "Asshole."]: I knew it, I'm surrounded by Assholes.”

Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer

Spaceballs

“Bitten? You mean you're a-"
"A werewolf," said the girl. "Like everyone else here. Except you, and the asshole. And the asshole's sister.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Maia to Simon, pg. 50
Variant: A werewolf. Like everyone else here. Except you, and the asshole. And the asshole's sister.
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)