“It's something that you dream about, but Milli Vanilli got a Grammy. So it's hard to decide whether you're happy or not.”

“If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.”

Marissa Mayer (1975) American business executive and engineer, former ceo of Yahoo!

“But beauty is about finding the right fit, the most natural fit, To be perfect, you have to feel perfect about yourself --- avoid trying to be something you're not. For a goddess, that's especially hard. We can change so easily.
-Aphrodite”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

“If you're happy in a dream, does that count?”

Arundhati Roy book The God of Small Things

“There's nothing happy about having your fate decided for you! You have to grab your own happiness!”

Hiro Mashima (1977) Japanese manga artist

“Don't promise when you're happy, Don't reply when you're angry and don't decide when you're sad.”

Ziad K Abdelnour (1960) Lebanese-born American investment banker, financier, activist and author

“On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.”

Hal David (1921–2012) American lyricist

“I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts or my thoughts the result of my dreams.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

“Happiness is a by-product. It is not a primary product of life. It is a thing which you suddenly realize you have because you're so delighted to be doing something which perhaps has nothing whatever to do with happiness.”

Robertson Davies (1913–1995) Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist

“If you are afraid of changes
Watch from a distance
Whether or not I might do something
If you're going to talk about me behind my back
It is what it is.”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress