Fondness Quotes

93 Fondness quotes by 83 unique authors

The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices. — Isaac Watts
When we're infused with either enthusiasm or awe or fondness ... it changes what we see. It changes what we remember. — Unknown Author
In regard to dogs, my most memorable thoughts concern my daughter's dog and her fondness for them. In fact, one day while working at the… — Tom Monaghan
He showed in the last interview, as on the later portions of the chart, a genuine fondness for the rabbit. — Mary Cover Jones
I have no fondness for pure form at all. — Peter Porter
But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If… — Dorothy Dunnett
I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my… — George J. Mitchell
The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity… — Samuel Johnson
I haven't much time to be fond of anything ... but when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times ... the roses get… — Wilkie Collins
I should write for the mere yearning and fondness I have for the beautiful, even if my night's labors should be burnt every morning and… — John Keats
To be loved is a privilege and prize equivalent to being born. If you're smart, you pause regularly to bask in the astonishing knowledge that… — Rob Brezsny
It is remarkable that Lord Esher should be so much astray...We must conclude that an uncontrollable fondness for fiction forbade him to forsake it for… — Winston Churchill
I haven't much time to be fond of anything . . . But when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times . .… — Wilkie Collins
A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies. — Madame Roland
God has granted me today a very particular fondness for requesting of Him that same virtue of ever choosing the worst and that which is… — Vincent de Paul
Showing a greater fondness for their own opinions than for truth, they sought to deny and disprove the new things which, if they had cared… — Galileo Galilei
Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust,… — Charlotte Bronte
I've always had a sneaking fondness for Martin Van Buren. He wrote his autobiography, you know, and never once mentioned his wife. Now that's what… — Cleveland Amory
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu
I'm not terribly technological. I'm awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and I clung onto… — David Tang
Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue and… — Hester Lynch Piozzi
I'm very committed to and interested in CNN's journalism and our magazines and our movie studio, not just HBO, where I grew up. But I… — Jeffrey Bewkes
I enjoy baseball more than anything and would like to be involved with it forever, but the reality is your survival is determined by how… — Sadaharu Oh
The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of… — Chief Dan George
Humanity has a strange fondness for following processions. Get four men following a banner down the street, and, if that banner is inscribed with rhymes… — John Dos Passos

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