"Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens." ― Andy Rooney Topic(s): Happiness More From Andy Rooney "I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don’t return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn’t want that to happen, would you." "The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can’t eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as ‘progress’, doesn’t spread." "If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it." More In Happiness "The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."― Epictetus "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come."― Victor Hugo "My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites."― Diana Ross