To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 77
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. Dalai Lama Leader More Dalai Lama Quotes 4
Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sign that you will recognize it. Simone Weil French Philosopher More Simone Weil Quotes 1
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Buddha More Buddha Quotes 1
I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out. Ethel Waters American Musician More Ethel Waters Quotes 1
My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally. Evelyn Waugh English Author More Evelyn Waugh Quotes 0
When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul. Dornford Yates British Novelist More Dornford Yates Quotes 0
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means. Henny Youngman American Comedian More Henny Youngman Quotes 0
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. Xun Zi Chinese Philosopher More Xun Zi Quotes 0
The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it. Zhang Ziyi Chinese Actress More Zhang Ziyi Quotes 0
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. Jane Addams American Activist More Jane Addams Quotes 0
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. George Eliot British Author More George Eliot Quotes 0
It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married. Jim Carrey Canadian Comedian More Jim Carrey Quotes 0
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 0
Most people would rather give than get affection. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 0
I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great. Rene Auberjonois American Actor More Rene Auberjonois Quotes 0
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. W. H. Auden English Poet More W. H. Auden Quotes 0
As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals that share the planet with us may be a more unifying force than any other. Nick Clooney American Politician More Nick Clooney Quotes 0
Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders. Nick Clooney American Politician More Nick Clooney Quotes 0
The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer. Julian Clary English Comedian More Julian Clary Quotes 0
My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom. Franz Boas American Scientist More Franz Boas Quotes 0
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've created for ourselves: it's too cynical, too knowing, too ironic, too empty of real value and meaning. Jonathan Coe English Novelist More Jonathan Coe Quotes 0
But today, I feel the genuine warmth, the affection, and although I may joke about it, I am touched. Perry Como American Musician More Perry Como Quotes 0
In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either. Perry Como American Musician More Perry Como Quotes 0