Sentimental Quotes

345 quotes by 310 authors

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses. — Irving Babbitt
But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. — Honore de Balzac
Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics. — John Banville
We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it. — John Banville
What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it. — Brigitte Bardot
Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious. — Charles Baudelaire
I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does. — Victoria Beckham
Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living… — Adele
I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways,… — Brandon Boyd
They that have lived a single day have lived an age. — Jean de la Bruyere
Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad… — Mitch Albom
Does age matter? Time doesn't matter. — Sandra Bullock
Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. — Lord Chesterfield
It is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy jam. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age. — Lydia M. Child
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. — Grover Cleveland
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. — Jean Cocteau
Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion - or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under my notice. Its right to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
A fierce and sentimental addiction to forms makes us shudder at change. It is much easier to say that the system is all right-only the… — Charles Ferguson

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