Affection Quotes

1417 quotes by 966 authors

I bask in the affection I get on the streets. I recently went into the kitchen of a restaurant to meet the cooks. They were… — Boman Irani
Was that really love? I saw all these passionate people reel about and drift haphazardly as if driven by a storm, the man filled with… — Hermann Hesse
Our opinions partake, more or less, of the prejudices of our class, party, or sect. We are all largely pledged, through interest, affection, or passion,… — Christian Nestell Bovee
The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight ever afterwards; we are hardly persuaded there are any like them, any deserving our equal… — Amos Bronson Alcott
This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come… — John F. Kennedy
The Bible is a warm letter of affection from a parent to a child; and yet there are many who see chiefly the severer passages.… — Thomas De Witt Talmage
What is right or duty without power ? To tell a man it is his duty to submit his judgment to the judgment of the… — James Anthony Froude
A really free mind is scarcely attached to its opinions. If the mind cannot help giving birth to ... emotions and affections which at first… — Paul Valery
I like Valentine's Day. The trouble is the florists and the candy-makers and the card people are all advertising so much, you don't dare let… — Andy Rooney
A taste for liberal art is necessary to complete the character of a gentleman, Science alone is hard and mechanical. It exercises the understanding upon… — William Hazlitt
Let us not torment each other because we are not all alike, but believe that God knew best what He was doing in making us… — James Freeman Clarke
Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being both a rebel… — Ben Jonson
There's quite an overlap between musicians - especially drummers - who have an affection and a proclivity towards comedy and comedians who fantasize about being… — David Cross
I'd never seen Marcello [Mastroianni] truly in love with a woman. I called him "the man who couldn't love." He was capable of enormous amounts… — Giovanna Cau
What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing more than the affection of the people with whom I… — Anna Freud
Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself… — Ina Garten
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. — Theophile Gautier
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. — Khalil Gibran
I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how it should be.… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and… — Nancy Grace

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