"Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy." ― Fiona Shaw Topic(s): Happiness More From Fiona Shaw "There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true." "I’m not on the run from anything and I’m not at all clear about what I’m running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I’m totally exhausted." "The energy released by it is enormous and it becomes quite addictive, the power between the audience and the actor." More In Happiness "The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us."― Ashley Montagu "Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin."― Ned Rorem "Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable."― Meir Kahane