„Happiness is a myth. It was invented to make us buy new things.“

„Better the myth of happiness, than the myth of despair.“

—  Michael Moorcock, The Cornelius Quartet

„It really is worth the trouble to invent a new symbol if we can thus remove not a few logical difficulties and ensure the rigour of the proofs. But many mathematicians seem to have so little feeling for logical purity and accuracy that they will use a word to mean three or four different things, sooner than make the frightful decision to invent a new word.“

—  Gottlob Frege mathematician, logician, philosopher 1848 - 1925

„Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.“

—  Ogden Nash American poet 1902 - 1971

„Stumbling upon the next great invention in an; ah-ha! moment is a myth.“

—  James Dyson British inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company 1947

„Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.“

—  Oscar Wilde Irish writer and poet 1854 - 1900

„We'll buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need 'em/Things we buy to cover up what's inside/Cause they make us hate our-self and love they wealth.“

—  Kanye West American rapper, singer and songwriter 1977

„Changing and inventing new things is great. That's what we like to do.“

—  Anthony Kiedis American singer 1962

„The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are.“

—  David Dinkins former mayor of New York City 1927

„Let us ask the Gods not for possessions, but for things to do; happiness is in making things rather than consuming them.“

—  Will Durant American historian, philosopher and writer 1885 - 1981

„You can't buy happiness“

—  Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994

„everyday is an oportunity to make a new happy ending………“

—  Albert Einstein German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity 1879 - 1955

„Money can't buy you happiness, but happiness isn't everything.“

—  Jonathan Safran Foer Novelist 1977

„A genius separates himself from things which are not useful nor beneficial. While you are eager to try new technologies—A genius is thinking about how to invent something totally different that will be used by all.“

—  Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

„Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.“

—  David Lee Roth Rock vocalist; lead singer with Van Halen 1954

„Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.“

—  Daniel Kahneman Israeli-American psychologist 1934

„How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.“

—  Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

„Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.“

—  Epicurus ancient Greek philosopher -341 - -269 v.Chr

„The days that make us happy make us wise.“

—  John Masefield English poet and writer 1878 - 1967

„[on buying a private island] Money doesn't buy you happiness, but it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it.“

—  Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963