Lightly Quotes · Page 3

Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.

— Bob Nelson

Don't ever take anything I say to you lightly!

— Anonymous

I don't join or leave things lightly.

— Margaret Beckett

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

— Antonio Villaraigosa

“Hold the question in your mind, but lightly, like it was something alive.”

— Phillip Pullman

I think there is a way to do things right to tread lightly on the world

— Alex Honnold

Mustang. But you can't even see it since it's drawn lightly o.o

— Jazzy

I don't take lightly ever putting the taxpayer on the line to support an institution.

— Henry Paulson

“I will take a serious approach to a subject usually treated lightly, which is a nerdy thing to do.”

— Benjamin Nugent

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

— Johnny Miller

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

“Love will fly if held too lightly, love will die if held too tightly.’ I just want her to relax her grip…

— Ray Bradbury

I take very seriously the creation process, but I take the red carpet, the dresses with the trains, the hair, and the…

— Daniela Vega

God has blessed me with a wonderful family, a successful business, and outstanding employees. I do not take these blessings lightly.

— David Green

He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we…

— James Merrill

Sometimes I think I missed out on things like travelling. I'd have been terrified of missing an audition. I didn't start a…

— Brendan Coyle

I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even…

— Kailash Kher

“He cupped her face lightly in his hands, and gravity seemed to draw them together, like light towards a black hole.”

— Frankie Rose

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

— Thomas Paine

The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“I’m not company. I’m your mother.” She said it lightly.”

— Ann Patchett

Like a kite Cut from the string, Lightly the soul of my youth Has taken flight.

— Takuboku Ishikawa

“We never touch people so lightly that we do not leave a trace.”

— Peggy Tabor Millin

“Take your goals seriously, but take yourself lightly.”

— Karen Brown

“The shocks of existence: he must learn to take them more lightly.”

— J.M. Coetzee

It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world.

— Shalom Harlow

“Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.”

— G.K. Chesterton

To value someone too lightly is to risk missing the depth of their goodness before theyre gone.

— Melchor Lim

Tonight I'm stepping lightly and I'm feeling no pain.

— Bruce Springsteen

“Tread lightly on your partner’s heart. It was given to you for safekeeping.”

— Alexandra Katehakis

“People who think so lightly of their own lives, don't have the right to protect anyone.”

— Jun Mochizuki

I have no desire to be a cat, which walks so lightly that it never creates a disturbance.

— Andrew Taylor Still

I don't do things lightly; I don't take a job then just phone it in - I've never done that.

— Ewan McGregor

I always take my anger lightly. I examine my anger and learn from it every time.

— Vikrant Parsai

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

— Joan Jett

I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.

— Howard Hodgkin

The reason that angels fly is that they take themselves so lightly.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“always living on less than you have and more lightly than you need to.”

— Michael Pollan

“Let me say it again: You must not come lightly to the blank page.”

— Stephen King