Affection Quotes

1417 quotes by 966 authors

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that. — Patricia Heaton
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection. — Arthur Helps
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. — Audrey Hepburn
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God.… — Christopher Hitchens
The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high… — Mark Hopkins
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. — William Dean Howells
Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. — Victor Hugo
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers,… — David Hume
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. — Lee Iacocca
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. — St. Jerome
Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning… — Penn Jillette
And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's… — Elton John
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. — John Keats
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. — Dalai Lama
I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them,… — Hedy Lamarr
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. — C.S. Lewis
A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've… — Jerry Lewis
Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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