“To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,—
That is the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) Scottish poet and lyricist
Epistle to Dr. Blacklock.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
" High School Musical Starring Frances Bean Cobain http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/a235/frances-bean-cobain-0308/" (2008)
“To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,—
That is the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) Scottish poet and lyricist
Epistle to Dr. Blacklock.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Curiously enough, the Sublime is generally achieved through want of proportion.”
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) French painter
25 January 1857 (p. 345)
1831 - 1863, Delacroix' 'Journal' (1847 – 1863)
Celia Cruz (1925–2003) Cuban singer (1925-2003)
On what she hopes for her audience in “CELIA CRUZ: AT THE TOP OF SALSA” https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/19/arts/celia-cruz-at-the-top-of-salsa.html in New York Times (1985 Nov 19).
John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
2010s, 2018, Farewell statement (2018)
Context: I have tried to serve our country honorably. I have made mistakes, but I hope my love for America will be weighed favorably against them.
I have often observed that I am the luckiest person on Earth. I feel that way even now as I prepare for the end of my life. I have loved my life, all of it. I have had experiences, adventures and friendships enough for ten satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life, in good or bad times, for the best day of anyone else’s.
I owe that satisfaction to the love of my family. No man ever had a more loving wife or children he was prouder of than I am of mine. And I owe it to America. To be connected to America’s causes — liberty, equal justice, respect for the dignity of all people — brings happiness more sublime than life’s fleeting pleasures. Our identities and sense of worth are not circumscribed but enlarged by serving good causes bigger than ourselves.
"Fellow Americans" — that association has meant more to me than any other. I lived and died a proud American. We are citizens of the world’s greatest republic, a nation of ideals, not blood and soil. We are blessed and are a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world. We have helped liberate more people from tyranny and poverty than ever before in history. We have acquired great wealth and power in the process.
“I don't want India to be an economic superpower. I want India to be a happy country.”
J. R. D. Tata (1904–1993) Indian businessman
In the article “The business ethics of J.R.D. Tata” in The Hindu dated 29 July 2005
“I just want to be happy, joyous and free.”
Gloria Estefan (1957) Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada
I Just Wanna be Happy
2007, 2008
“I don't want to be stinky poo-poo girl, I want to be happy flower child.”
Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer