It sounds like Zen but it's not ... according to Doug Mayer at "Car Talk", Tom Magliozzi ... who will not reveal if he is "Click" or "Clack" ... claims to be the originator of the quotation. Snipped from my correspondence with Mr. Mayer over the past two days: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Who first said it? -- for clarification Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:53:48 -0400 From: "Doug Mayer" <dmayer@cartalk.com> That's right. > Don E. Z'Boray wrote: >-- >re: "Happiness equals reality minus expectations." >-- > >Doug, > >Tom Magliozzi is the person who _originated_ that quotation ... and he >was not quoting some other source? Is that a correct statement? > > don ;-) atbty, -- don ;-) Don E. Z'Boray, webmaster@newbie.net Site #393: Steven Wright JumpStation (& Quotes) http://newbie.net/JumpStations/StevenWright/