Affectionate Quotes

142 quotes by 128 authors

Humans can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet they're potentially more vicious than any other. They are the only ones who can… — Benjamin Spock
Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make… — Marcel Proust
It's not every day that you get to be affectionate around something, it just doesn't happen that often. — Larry David
Comic-Con fans are so affectionate, and it's always a lovely way to start a new season. — Kunal Nayyar
I'm an affectionate person. — Zara Phillips
Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and vision.… — Owen Gleiberman
Through watering the ground of affectionate love with cherishing love, And then sowing the seeds of wishing love and compassion, the medicinal tree of Bodhichitta… — Je Tsongkhapa
My feelings towards the newspapers are very affectionate. — Annalena McAfee
In the early stages of the fight Mr. Winston Churchill spoke with affectionate raillery of me and my "Chicks." He could have said nothing to… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked out. The cause… — Leo Tolstoy
I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on one's own attitude.… — Dalai Lama
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,… — William Cowper
Canada was settled, in the main, by people with a lower middle-class outlook, and a respect, rather than an affectionate familiarity, for the things of… — Robertson Davies
The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at… — J. B. Priestley
Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant… — Brigham Young
The Italians are not passionate: passion has deep reserves. They are easily moved, and often affectionate, but they rarely have any abiding passion of any… — D. H. Lawrence
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. — George Eliot
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. — Herbert Hoover
Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with… — Joseph Wood Krutch

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