"You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self." ― Hugh Laurie Topic(s): Hope More From Hugh Laurie "People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you’re not looking for it." "I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things." "As a real person, he wouldn’t last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we’ve moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House’s friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don’t always like morally good people, do we?" More In Hope "The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors."― William Hazlitt "Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated."― Henry Rollins "‘Peace Train’ is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again."― Cat Stevens