Fond Quotes
478 Fond quotes by 387 unique authors
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It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime and ending with the hard facts of autumn.
— Ken Burns
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This is the Democratic paradox: You want so much to run America and yet you seem not so fond of Americans.
— Peggy Noonan
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When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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December drops no weak, relenting tear, By our fond summer sympathies ensnared; Nor from the perfect circle of the year Can even winter's crystal gems…
— Christopher Pearse Cranch
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When I consider how little of a rarity children are -- that every street and blind alley swarms with them -- that the poorest people…
— Charles Lamb
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Socially prominent people are very fond of disease, because it gives them a chance to have these really elaborate charity functions, and the newspaper headlines…
— Dave Barry
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But we are so fond of life that we have no leisure to entertain the terror of death. It is a honeymoon with us all…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.
— William Hazlitt
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To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To know the sense…
— Confucius
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Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a…
— Lucy Larcom
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You write a book like that you're fond of over the years, then you see that happen to it, it's like pissing in your father's…
— Ernest Hemingway
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Barney Miller' was a lot of fun. I'm very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most - a lot of people on that cast - I really…
— James Cromwell
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Dexter' I'm very fond of. I got addicted to that.
— Sam Neill
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Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional.…
— Timothy Olyphant
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Oddly enough, I'm not religious but I'm also very fond of St Peter's in Rome. When I'm there, I always know there's a good meal…
— Jonathan Pryce
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I'm not particularly fond of the Hamptons.
— Leven Rambin
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Witty and mean is easy - but fond and funny is hard.
— Steven Moffat
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When I went to Egypt right after 9/11 I was very upset. I used to live in Egypt. I had a lot of friends there.…
— Lawrence Wright
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I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I…
— Mae Whitman
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People used to blush when they were ashamed. Now they are ashamed if they blush. Modesty has disappeared and a brazen generation with no fear…
— Vance Havner
Who Wrote These Fond Quotes
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