Lively Quotes

191 Lively quotes by 174 unique authors

My Hallway" remarked Lord Akeldama,"Has never seen such lively action. And That, my sugarplums, is saying something! — Gail Carriger
Uriah looked better than he did an hour ago--he washed the blood from his mouth, and some of the color returned to his face. I'm… — Veronica Roth
The royal hound's belly demands rubbing. Step lively, humans, neglect me not." ~Oberon — Kevin Hearne
Hello, Uncle Brother Zachariah," James said without opening his eyes. "I would say that I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm sure this is the… — Cassandra Clare
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent… — Berkeley Breathed
Only one thing is necessary in your anguish: bear everything with resignation to the Divine Will; for this will help you to attain your eternal… — Gerard Majella
It is a lively spark of nobleness to descend in most favour to one when he is lowest in affliction — Philip Sidney
We have no adequate conception of the perfection of the ancient tragic dance. The pleasure which the greeks received from it had for its basis… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than… — Thomas Jefferson
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who,… — Mary McCarthy
There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly. — Frederic Chopin
The thing I love most about my job is watching people age backward, becoming more lively and energetic as they free themselves from situations that… — Martha Beck
Meat workers may have been looked down upon socially, but at least they were well-paid and were a fit and lively bunch as a result… — Michael Leunig
I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each other… — Scott Turow
The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera. — John Marshall
Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape… — Samuel Hopkins
I have just come from a couple of raids, where we had a very lively time, and some of them had to pull their guns.… — Richard H. Davis
It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and of… — Simon Greenleaf
Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of… — Thomas Kyd
A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. — James Boswell
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and… — Lynn Nottage
A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you… — Mel Brooks
Gratitude: A lively sense of future benefit. — Superman

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