Genial Quotes

40 Genial quotes by 33 unique authors

Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible… — Kurt Vonnegut
The garden rose may richly bloom In cultured soil and genial air, To cloud the light of Fashion's room Or droop in Beauty's midnight hair,… — John Greenleaf Whittier
The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. — Robertson Davies
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. — Washington Irving
In the first weeks of the Obama administration, 'bipartisanship' was the reigning buzzword, and when the Beltway thinks 'bipartisan,' it pictures President Reagan and Democratic… — James Wolcott
Don't let yourself feel worthless: often through life you will really be at your worst when you seem to think best of yourself; and don't… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing… — Christopher Hitchens
But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze… — Thomas Gray
Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are… — Emma Willard
But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect. — James Payn
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A good dinner brings out all the softer side of a man. Under its genial influence the gloomy and morose become jovial and chatty. Jerome… — Jerome K. Jerome
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. — Washington Irving
To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it happens to be a favored one, but in practice very… — Samuel Butler
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow. — Unknown Author
We have continued reason to express our profound gratitude to the Great Creator of All Things for numberless benefits conferred upon us as a people.… — John Tyler
Im sure most people have seen the quote 'never call a girl fat' I think it should be 'Never call anyone fat' or 'Never call… — Unknown Author
By night we lingered on the lawn, For underfoot the herb was dry; And genial warmth; and o'er the sky The silvery haze of summer… — Alfred Tennyson

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