If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.


Edith Wharton

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If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.
EDITH WHARTON
If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
EDITH WHARTON
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
EDITH WHARTON
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
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The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes.
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The nearest we have to a Henry James or an Edith Wharton of the East Coast's Wasp upper classes.
CHARLOTTE CURTIS
The savagery and power of Edith Wharton's ghost stories surprised me.
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JAMES FRAIN
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EDITH WHARTON
Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while...
CLAIRE MESSUD
In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have ...
SUSAN WIGGS
We have heard a lot about Edith Clement. What about this Edith Jones?
JOHN GIBSON
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we a...
ROBERT STAUGHTON LYND
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we a...
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we a...
ROBERT LYND
If we only have 18 appeals, then that's pretty good.
LAURIE COOPER
We don't have the time to completely be ourselves. We only have the room to be happy.
ALBERT CAMUS
If the good Lord could stop the rain just for tomorrow, but only for tomorrow, it would be good. But...
BRIGALIA BAM
I thought there would be a lot more (pressure), but I was just trying to have a good time, so I wasn...
CALEB HOLMES
Justice is the only worship.
Love is the only priest.
Ignorance is the only slavery.
...
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL
There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that i...
EDITH WHARTON
My name will be Edith Proir," she says. "And there is much I am happy to forget.
VERONICA ROTH
What if life could be this way? Only the happy parts, none of the terrible, not even the mildly unpl...
JENNIFER NIVEN
I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite...
KEN FOLLETT
There's only so much you can do to stop her, especially when you are as young as we are. I thought w...
LESLE GALLIMORE
As a team we don't have it. Whatever it is, we don't have it. If we had it, we could be pretty good....
DEREK WAUGH
To be honest, we are not Wharton. We are not Kellogg.
BRUCE BEHN
Overhead hung a summer sky furrowed with the rush of rockets; and from the east a late moon, pushing...
EDITH WHARTON
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop th...
ARTHUR BRISBANE
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains, if we will only stop t...
ARTHUR BRISBANE
I was pretty happy with a good solid effort for four quarters. There are things we have to keep work...
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I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.
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There is only one you. Stop trying to devalue yourself by trying to be a copy of someone else.
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Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to b...
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Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to b...
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We're a pretty solid pitching team. We have some really good arms. If we could just play some solid ...
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He had time to throw. Some of their play-action bought them good time. We were geared up to stop the...
RON RIVERA
Mother, ... if you could stop time, when would you stop it?
ANNA LEE
I felt if we could stay close, we could have a chance at the end. Once we got even with them, I felt...
JOEY DAVID
It is going to take a couple of games, but we could be pretty good. We have got a bunch of veterans,...
BOB LEIB
We wanted to stop big plays, and I think we did a pretty good job.
JEFF KLINE
I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
SACHA GUITRY
We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great diffic...
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
We knew the season could go either way. We could be really good. At the same time, we wouldn't have ...
BRETT BASANEZ
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
Not everyone has the time to be normal.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA
It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or At...
CHARLEY PRIDE
I think communication is key, and we have a good time. You have to keep things happy and be each oth...
HEIDI ADAMSKI
To be happy: BE Yourself. DO what you love to DO. Have what you love to HAVE.
LORRIN L. LEE
Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a pe...
LOUISE PENNY
We had a chance after Chicago to have a pretty good road trip against some pretty good teams. At a b...
ADAM KENNEDY
We couldn't stop Baines in the fourth quarter in our first game against them, but I thought we did a...
PAT AMBROSE
Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, et al. Could not prevent America's great fall!
MUHAMMED HAIDER
For me, happiness is waking up excited even though you have no particular place to go…..
CHERYL RUSHTON
If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism,...
EMILIO ESTEVEZ
We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love...
ANNE RICE
My creed is that:/ Happiness is the only good./ The place to be happy is here./ The time to be happy...
ROBERT INGERSOLL
My creed is that; Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL
If we could only have this life for one more day. If we could only turn back time. You know I'll be ...
ONE DIRECTION
We're looking pretty good so far. We only have two seniors, but we have some talented underclassmen....
LEE SHAW
If we could sign two early, I'd be happy,
BILL HERRION
To be happy, drop the words 'if only,' and substitute instead the words 'next time
SMILEY BLANTON
From a partner standpoint, if you're interested in making partners happy, that's pretty good.
JAMES HANLEY
The big concern is tomorrow. What's tomorrow going to bring us if what they're predict happens? Then...
BRYAN MOORE
I think we are ready. We want to take one game at a time. We are playing a pretty good team. They fi...
LAVERNE KNOX
By some miracle, Charlotte's polite smile never wavered. It was a proud moment for her. After all, i...
OLIVIA PARKER
Its the story of our season. We dig ourselves a hole. If we could just eliminate the first 20 minute...
DEREK CANGELLO
A top-four finish [out of 12 competing teams] would be pretty good and it would be great if we could...
DEBBY KING
We didn't have a lot of plays, and it was 90 percent running. Execution was more important to him. W...
STEVE DALE
Very athletic, very intelligent, very good work ethic. And he's a very good role model for our young...
BOB PALCIC
When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy
SOTONYE ANGA
My goal at every tournament is to finish top 18. At the end of the year if I could finish every tour...
BUBBA WATSON
The figures have been pretty flat, and we have to work on that. But we've made a pretty good dent fo...
CHUCK HEEMAN
If I could have half the career of Diane Sawyer, I'd be a happy woman.
MEGYN KELLY
Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
That's pretty good. If we can take care of business at home, and win those last two road games we ha...
GERALD COX
It's a lot of experiences we have been living lately. Maybe it's a good time we stop to enjoy them.
ANGELA BARRAZA
He always liked to have a good time. It could be a serious time and you could always count on him to...
JEFF GWALTNEY
We thought the Charger was a good option and a good car. We've proven it's a really good car this ye...
KENNY FRANCIS
People say we are trying to stop time and hold on to flower power.
CAMILLA ROSLIND
Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy— because our happiness ...
DENNIS PRAGER
Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy— because our happiness h...
DENNIS PRAGER
If only I could understand the reason for my crying. If only I could stop this fear of dreaming that...
LAURA PALMER
When we first built the place, I was big on the bathrooms. I figure if we could keep the ladies happ...
STEVE HALL
It was a good game, but I'd say we could have played better. We've got good coaches and a good line....
JUSTIN JOHNSON
He's trying as hard as he can. He ran a pretty good time today, I think that's pretty close to his b...
DENIS PAGAN
That conference was pretty much a 3-team race. Any of the three could have been region champions. Th...
BARRY HATFIELD
Our end goal -- I'll stop the show and die a happy man -- is if we could get Larry J. Sabato and Jon...
JOSH CINCINNATI
If there is a reason to be sorrowful, then there is a reason to be happy. You have only one lifetime...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
A jealous person will tell you that you should not be happy all the time, a successful person will t...
KISHAN S CHAUHAN
It's only a sure defeat when you stop trying.
ANN AGUIRRE
But we have to learn to be free. We have to, Nell. Doesn't mean happy all the time, or okay all the ...
JASINDA WILDER
He is a pretty shifty, pretty good running back. We have got to get him down if we want to win this ...
BRANDON SILER
We used to be a pass-happy team, now we're a run-happy team. We have a good group of running backs.
LOUIE WALTERS
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that ...
MONTESQUIEU
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that ot...
CHARLES MONTESQUIEU
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than ot...
CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU
We're going to have to play good pass coverage and play honest. If we can stop the pass, we'll be fi...
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As the possessor of complete knowledge, God is not mistaken about people's experiences as people...
EDITH STEIN
Diverse forms of memory can have a variety of gaps. Thus it is possible for me to represent a past s...
EDITH STEIN
The emotions have been seen as the center of woman's soul. For that reason, emotional formation ...
EDITH STEIN
One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And t...
EDITH STEIN
Because human development is the most specific and exalted mission of woman, studies in anthropology...
EDITH STEIN
Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for t...
EDITH STEIN
On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every co...
EDITH STEIN
Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls' ...
EDITH STEIN
Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is t...
EDITH STEIN
The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every discipli...
EDITH STEIN
The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
EDITH STEIN
In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it ...
EDITH STEIN
The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elev...
EDITH STEIN
If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
EDITH STEIN
My longing for truth was a single prayer.
EDITH STEIN
This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us. This is ...
EDITH STEIN
Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever...
EDITH SITWELL
The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous...
EDITH SITWELL
The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
EDITH SITWELL
I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am...
EDITH SITWELL
I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.
EDITH SITWELL
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
EDITH SITWELL
Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred a...
EDITH SITWELL
A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
EDITH SITWELL
People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looki...
EDITH SCHAEFFER
The farm women are extremely well organized and are bound to be heard from.
EDITH ROGERS
I cannot doubt that women will line up, like the men elected, with the groups whose political thinki...
EDITH ROGERS
But do not understand me as saying, or for one moment suggesting, that women legislators should conf...
EDITH ROGERS
The market town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, was a popular 19th - century English spa. Its min...
EDITH PEARLMAN
I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition b...
EDITH PEARLMAN
I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be...
EDITH PEARLMAN
I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity ...
EDITH PEARLMAN
There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifyin...
EDITH PEARLMAN
I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
EDITH PEARLMAN
Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobilit...
EDITH PEARLMAN
In the late 1950s, self-esteem hadn't yet been invented. High schools saw their sole mission as ...
EDITH PEARLMAN
The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and pr...
EDITH PEARLMAN
I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devo...
EDITH PEARLMAN
I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you'...
EDITH PEARLMAN