Gently Quotes

522 quotes by 417 authors

So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him! — William Shakespeare
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to… — Homer
How I like claret!...It fills one's mouth with a gushing freshness, then goes down to cool and feverless; then, you do not feel it quarrelling… — John Keats
Wine has a drastic, an astringent taste. I cannot help wincing as I drink. Ascent of flowers, radiance and heat, are distilled here to a… — Virginia Woolf
I loved her as the sun loves the flower: ever-present, nourishingly, and gently. — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
All it has experienced, tasted, suffered: The course of years, generations of animals, Oppression, recovery, friendship of sun and - Wind Will pour forth each… — Hermann Hesse
The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person's soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your… — Keith Miller
Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves. — Albert Camus
Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must be controlled; the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing) in thirty hours, French in thirty days,… — Mark Twain
Professor Focke and his technicians standing below grew ever smaller as I continued to rise straight up, 50 metres, 75 metres, 100 metres. Then I… — Hanna Reitsch
Gently stroke your books, dear stranger, and remember they are dust. — Miljenko Jergovic
In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice. — Alice B. Toklas
Jesus' simple poetic words are delivered casually and gently. Jesus prefers to explain a difficult concept over time, never talking down to His followers, patiently… — Roma Downey
Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and… — Natalie Dormer
Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying… — William Hurt
We turn, three men bound by love, by history, by circumstance, and most certainly by the awful grace of God, and together walk a narrow… — William Kent Krueger
Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Saviorâ€™s face. Listen intently and you will hear his… — Wess Stafford
Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied… — George Eliot
Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human. — Robert Burns

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