Placid Quotes

42 Placid quotes by 38 unique authors

A lot of people... are afraid of pictures which have visible emotions in them. They feel calmer in front of pictures which are placid. — Howard Hodgkin
My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to be… — Joan Collins
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a… — H P Lovecraft
I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and… — Walt Whitman
I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot. — Maeve Binchy
When Heraclitus said that everything passes steadily along, he was not inciting us to make the best of the moment, an idea unseemly to his… — Guy Davenport
Downstairs in the lounge, by the third pillar from the left, there sits an old lady with a sweet, placid, spinsterish face and a mind… — Agatha Christie
The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air. It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because there is fresh… — Vera Nazarian
I suppose he'll die soon. I'm expecting it, like you do for a dog that's seventeen. There's no way to know how I'll react. He'll… — Markus Zusak
I miss the Stella girls telling me what I am. That I'm sweet and placid and accommodating and loyal and nonthreatening and good to have… — Melina Marchetta
did you not call this a glorious expedition? and wherefore was it glorious? not because the way was smooth and placid as a southern sea,… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
placid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still. — David Levithan
The unhappy are egoistic, spiteful, unjust, cruel, and less capable of understanding each other than fools. Unhappiness does not bring people together but draws them… — Anton Chekhov
So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background. — Steve Martin
I regret that I didnâ€™t realize that actually theyâ€™ve got no power over you at school â€” itâ€™s all just a trick to indoctrinate you… — Russell Brand
...as the slow sea sucked at the shore and then withdrew, leaving the strip of seaweed bare and the shingle churned, the sea birds raced… — Daphne du Maurier
The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep… — Josh Hamilton
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. — Eddie Rickenbacker
We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage… — H P Lovecraft
When love hurts, don't hate. That will hurt you more. Just embrace that midpoint called 'Placid' ... also known as 'not giving a fuck'. — Unknown Author

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