Jolly Quotes

89 Jolly quotes by 79 unique authors

A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle… — Mary Wesley
It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol. — Benjamin Franklin
The landscape was snow and green ice on broken mountains. These weren't old mountains, worn down by time and weather and full of gentle ski… — Terry Pratchett
Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then… — Anne Frank
Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I… — Oprah Winfrey
Great pals we've always been. In fact there was a time when I had an idea I was in love with Cynthia. However, it blew… — P.G. Wodehouse
O! Tril-lil-lil-lolly the valley is jolly, ha! ha! -Elves of Rivendell — J.R.R. Tolkien
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I'd rather be myself," he said. "Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly. — Aldous Huxley
I give you five minutes to spare your blushes. here is the little bronze key that opens the ebony caskets on the mantle piece in… — Gaston Leroux
What gives a wriggle And makes you giggle When you eat'em? Whose weensy little feet Make my heart really beat? Why, it's those little creepy… — Kathryn Lasky
Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be! Jack Skellington: *No.* [the Mayor switches to his upset face] Jack Skellington: How *jolly*! Mayor: Oh. How *jolly*… — Tim Burton
You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart, torn all over… — Anne Tyler
Just take a look around you: Blood is flowing in rivers and in such a jolly way you’d think it was champagne. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous. — Jasper Fforde
Even when I'm alone I have real good company — dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I don't believe in things like that - fairies or brownies or magic or anything. It's old-fashioned.' 'Well, we must be jolly old-fashioned then,' said… — Enid Blyton
Oh for a book and a shady nook, Either indoors or out, with the green leaves whispering overhead, or the street cries all about. Where… — John Wilson
A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
…maybe the whole Internet will simply become like Facebook: falsely jolly, fake-friendly, self-promoting, slickly disingenuous….” - Zadie Smith — Zadie Smith
Also, chubby people can never truly pull off ethereal the same way skinny people can never be jolly. — Mindy Kaling
Santa is very jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live. — Dennis Miller
You often see politicians who try to put on a different persona; they think they should be more jolly or serious. Invariably, the persona they… — David Frost
Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the… — Abhishek Bachchan
The person who should really write an appreciation of the late great Dom DeLuise is Burt Reynolds, who, even more than Mel Brooks, made of… — Rich Cohen

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