Levity Quotes

42 quotes by 35 authors

Burn Notice' is a show that definitely has some levity to it and it's a fun show, but it's also, you fully believe, you're fully… — Tricia Helfer
Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous. — Seneca the Younger
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. — Doris Day
What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make others people's decisions for them? Liberty, the very opposite of ownership… — Tom Robbins
Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the pastâ€”the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their… — Margaret Atwood
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. — George Bernard Shaw
But thoughtless ingratitude is the armour of the young; without it, how would they ever get through life? The old wish the young well, but… — Margaret Atwood
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Was his body made out of orange rocks and did he at any point yell 'It's clobbering time'?" "I find your attempt at levity inappropriate."… — Ilona Andrews
Alice?â€ She spun toward the door, her skirts whirling softly. â€œYes?â€ she forced out. â€œDo you know what I am holding in my hand?â€ â€œNo.â€… — Gaelen Foley
However modest one may be in one's demand for intellectual cleanliness, one cannot help feeling, when coming into contact with the New Testament, a kind… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The body, she says, is subject to the force of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure. — Saul Bellow
The law of levity is allowed to supersede the law of gravity. — R. A. Lafferty
Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the total worth of man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness. — Brian Eno
MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment.… — Ambrose Bierce
You faced front, you seldom smiled, since levity was not the mark you wanted put across your face forever. — Michael Lesy
I was a huge ER addict. And recently, when I can't sleep, I've been watching MASH. I don't know if that counts as a hospital… — Taylor Schilling
Joan's a dream to play, she's not always prancing around the office. There's that side to it, which is really fun, but there's nitty-gritty. She's… — Christina Hendricks
Who would be a turtle who could help it? A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet, She can ill afford the chances she must… — Cheyanne My Friend

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