I never believed in pushing my kids. My dad was very unhappy I wasn't going to be a doctor, but I couldn't stand to see the sight of blood. And I wanted to be a lawyer since I was in seventh or eighth grade.
As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.
One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control.
I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.
Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.
I used to be a workout fiend and I was so unhappy because I wanted to eat what I wanted to eat. So now if I know I have to be in a bikini, I'll obviously watch what I eat for a week.
People used to be unhappy that files and data of Aramco are undeclared, unclear, and not transparent.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
Your emotions are meant to fluctuate, just like your blood pressure is meant to fluctuate. It's a system that's supposed to move back and forth, between happy and unhappy. That's how the system guides you through the world.
We could definitely make a flying car - but that's not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that's super safe and quiet? Because if it's a howler, you're going to make people very unhappy.
George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again.
My mom is one of my role models in a complicated way. I learned from her how to be a good mom. She was one of those natural moms who really took to it. Her chosen profession was teaching. She loves kids. But she was extremely frustrated and unhappy because for much of my life she was a stay-at-home mom.
The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'
Haircuts are never good. You always end up being unhappy.
I think it's not inaccurate to say that I had a perfectly happy childhood during which I was very unhappy.
In those early days, the important thing was the happy ending. I did not tolerate unhappy endings - for my heroines, anyway. And later on, I began to read things like 'Wuthering Heights,' and very, very unhappy endings would take place, so I changed my ideas completely and went in for the tragic, which I enjoyed.
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.