Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer
Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 9, “Natural History” (p. 433)
“Everyone was polite; no one was happy.”
— Charles Sheffield, book Summertide
Source: The Heritage Universe, Summertide (1990), Chapter 11, “Summertide Minus Thirteen” (p. 126)
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Joshua Greene (1974) American psychologist
Joshua Greene, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them (2013), p. 170
“Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels.”
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
“Everyone likes happiness, no one likes pain. But you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.”
Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) Swedish filmmaker
“Randal can write one-liners again. Everyone is happy, and peace spreads over the whole Earth.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199705101952.MAA00756@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Malcolm Azania book From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
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Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress
Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding
George Holyoake (1817–1906) British secularist, co-operator, and newspaper editor
Undated manuscript, quoted in Ian Bradley, The Optimists: Themes and Personalities in Victorian Liberalism (1980), p. 76
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[In the Company of the Holy Mother, 66-67]