"That my philosophy of life is, as far……" — Alexander McCall Smith
"That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic."
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83 Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith has 83 quotes on this site.
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You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never…
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A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another,…
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But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?
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The point about love, the essential point, was that we loved what we loved. We did not choose. We just…
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Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the…
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Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to…
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Most people want nothing to happen. That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all…
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Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
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The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup…
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It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was…
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We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the…
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Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others…
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More Enjoyment Quotes
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one of 741 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
— Jane Austen
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Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above…
— Honore de Balzac
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption…
— Zygmunt Bauman
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
— Joseph Addison
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
— Joseph Addison
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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment…
— Walter Benjamin
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Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
— Giovanni Boccaccio
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and…
— Daniel Boone
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The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man.…
— Damon Albarn
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The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act…
— William Jennings Bryan
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
— Edmund Burke
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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to…
— Fanny Burney
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