Jolly Quotes

89 Jolly quotes by 79 unique authors

There might be some credit in being jolly. — Charles Dickens
All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In its jolly mission to expose the dark underbelly of the children’s book world, Wild Things! turns up stories I’ve been hearing noised about for… — Unknown Author
Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen. — Dirk Nowitzki
Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit ... Santa, who was jolly - but, let's face it, he… — Julia Sweeney
Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more beautiful… — Terry Gilliam
I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with… — Benjamin Franklin
It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow. — Georg Brandes
. . . it is true that language and forward movement in the cinema are jolly hard to reconcile. It's a very, very, difficult thing… — David Hare
The first term of the Clinton administration was very jolly. Everybody was running around meeting people and of course, in the second term, everyone went… — Sally Quinn
There are two thing you need for a jolly good hymn.The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or sentiment of the… — John Betjeman
Immortality—dazzling idea! who first imagined thee! Was it some jolly burgher of Nuremburg, who with night-cap on his head, and white clay pipe in mouth,… — Heinrich Heine
I like Hitler, jolly jolly Hitler. — Phil Ochs
In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare. — Dick Cavett
HELPED are those who laugh with a pure heart; theirs will be the company of the jolly righteous. — Alice Walker
O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill… — John Milton
Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry; His form was bent, and his gait was slow, His long… — George Arnold
When I began my physical studies [in Munich in 1874] and sought advice from my venerable teacher Philipp von Jolly...he portrayed to me physics as… — Max Planck
We're deep into the holiday gift-giving season, as you can tell from the fact that everywhere you look, you see jolly old St. Nick urging… — Dave Barry
Everybody in Vanity Fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing; how jolly… — William Makepeace Thackeray
It’s the strangest thing about this church - it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now they will say we, with our permissive society and… — Stephen Fry
I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am. — Dawn French
People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think… — Michael Haneke
They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And… — Shia LaBeouf
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly… — C.S. Lewis

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