The best Quotes by Christie Brinkley

Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life!

I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.

That's the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good f*cking life.

The happiest people don't worry too much about whether life is fair ot not, they just get on with it.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?

"But don't you think," I persist, "that it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?"

A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.

You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see. But you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.

The heart can be tough to change, but the mind can be tough to persuade.

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

I can hear you, you can hear me, when we listen with our hearts.

The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday. That's guaranteed.

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.

You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world. But you do have some say in who hurts you.

If this is love, I don't want it. Take it away, please! Why does it hurt so much?

It's like you're homesick for a place that doesn't even exist.

Hope is like a shard of glass. Tread on it, and you'll end up wincing with every step. The best policy is to tweezer it out. Sure, it will hurt like billy-o and the wound will take a while to heal, but after that you can walk again.

My son Jack once said to me, "Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?"
I said, "I don't care as long as they're laughing."

For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

A smile is the shortest distance between two people.

A smile is the best makeup a girl can wear.

Laughing can serve you in dark moments and even help you crawl your way back out.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The war is won, but the peace is not.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Bob Marley had this idea. It was kind of a virologist idea. He believed that you could cure racism and hate... literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people's lives. When he was scheduled to perform at a peace rally, a gunman came to his house and shot him down. Two days later he walked out on that stage and sang. When they asked him why - he said, "The people, who were trying to make this world worse... are not taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness."

Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.

Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Nothing's gonna save our lifes, so... we're breathing borrowed air.

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.

You see things; and you say 'Why?"
But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?"

You have to work your hardest and stay positive. Then you've got a shot at the silver lining.

Whatever you are, be a good one!

Your laugh is the reason your parents never tickled you growing up.

Jimmy has the work ethic of an immigrant and the personal wealth of the country that immigrant had to flee.

If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.