Contentedly Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll… — George Meredith
What if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating, — Christopher Hitchens
Whenever I hear some bigmouth in Washington or the Christian heartland banging on about the evils of sodomy or whatever, I mentally enter his name… — Christopher Hitchens
Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate inquiry… — Samuel Johnson
Love, it seems to me, is the condition in which one is most contentedly oneself. — Tony Judt
Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of… — Marshall McLuhan
Once my jars were labeled, I felt contentedly thrilled with myself, as if I had pulled off a wonderful trick. People feel this way when… — Laurie Colwin
Though we may be genetically wired for temporary happiness, we've also been gifted with the ability to recognize within ourselves a more profound and lasting… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
But if anything in thy own dispositiongives thee pain, who hinders thee from correcting thy opinion? And even if thou art pained because thou art… — Marcus Aurelius
I often think that we are like the carp swimming contentedly in that pond. We live out our lives in our own "pond," confident that… — Michio Kaku
Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your head into the stanchions and munch contentedly until… — Frank Herbert
We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and anyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if… — C.S. Lewis
The painter wanders and loiters contentedly from place to place, always on the lookout for some brilliant butterfly of a picture which can be caught… — Winston Churchill
In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily… — John Kenneth Galbraith
He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes with children in them she had seen grow up… — Charles Dickens
The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even… — Henry David Thoreau
I love you,â€ she said softly. Jason's arms tightened around her. He grinned sleepily. â€œI know.â€ Taylor drifted off contentedly. Until through the darkness, she… — Julie James
If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake… — Richard Matheson
Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicity; but to remain happy and contented in the face… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Foaly twitched his tail contentedly. Genius. No point in being humble about it. — Eoin Colfer

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