Sentimental Quotes

345 Sentimental quotes by 302 unique authors

Wedlock is the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise lounge. — Mrs. Patrick Campbell
I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than… — Anthony Trollope
Well it seems to me, that all real communities grow out of a shared confrontation with survival. Communities are not produced by sentiment or mere… — Larry Harvey
In the study of ideas, it is necessary to remember that insistence on hard-headed clarity issues from sentimental feeling, as it were a mist, cloaking… — Alfred North Whitehead
I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama… — Margot Kidder
You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it. — Holly Near
I will remark in the way of general information, that in California, that land of felicitous nomenclature, the literary name of this sort of stuff… — Mark Twain
Let's name the sentimental hog Arnold — Unknown Author
It's hogwash to say drunkenness is no excuse for crime... Wherever mind altering drugs are on sale to the public, we should expect mind altered… — Steve Fowler
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist. — Thomas Carlyle
The Sentimentalist, roughly speaking, is the man who wants to eat his cake and have it. He has no sense of honor about ideas; he… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist. — William Ralph Inge
Sentimentality is unearned emotion. — James Joyce
What we mean by sentimentalism is that state in which a man speaks deep and true sentiments not because he feels them strongly, but because… — Frederick William Robertson
Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it... live it...and never give it back. Stop sweating the… — Erma Bombeck
Horror would not annoy a soldier any more than the sight of a hammer annoys a carpenter. It is sentimental to pretend that horror is… — Irwin Shaw
While it might surprise many ecologists to hear, capitalism is itself the ultimate form of conservationism. Capitalists seek to conserve resources, not because of sentimental… — Unknown Author
I have now and again tried to imagine the perfect environment, the ideal conditions for reading: A worn leather armchair on a rainy night? A… — Michael Dirda
Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most… — Jeremy Begbie
There are, after all, approaches to be made other than the dependable routes that massage sentimental expectations and provide easy opportunities for emotional identification. — Peter Greenaway
I try not to be sentimental and obsessive about possessions. I love collecting, but I hate owning. — Karl Lagerfeld
Life is sentimental. Why should I be cold and hard about it? That's the main content. The biggest thing in people's lives is their loves… — Jim Harrison
I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he'll miss me, but he's never been particularly sentimental. — Christopher Nolan
Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a… — Bill Richardson

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