Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brooks Robinson

I really have an affection for York, ... It was the first place where my father came to see me play pro ball.

David Whyte

In the poetic tradition, the heart's affections are indeed holy, and if organizations are asking for people's hearts and minds, they are asking in a way for their holy and hidden affections at the same time.

John Humphrys

In fact nobody has ever complained about the sorts of things I say because it is done with affection and is obviously light-hearted,

William Shea

I'm both gratified and a little surprised at the on-rush of sentiment and affection for him that we've seen. You would suppose that in these circumstances a lot of hyperbole goes on, and I'm just not seeing that. This affection for Tim pre-existed these circumstances.

I may be half the man I used to be. But my heart is still the same and my affection for this community has not died. What kind of world can I create now, what type of person can I become, what type of legacy can I leave now, not what I did before but what can I do now.

Martin Delany

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.

In the early stages, it showed affection for the president. But now what you want is somebody with maturity and confidence who doesn't need that kind of assurance.

Pablo Neruda

To feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know ... widens out the boundaries of our being, and unites all living things.

Luc de Clapiers

Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.

You win My love in full measure. Love is My highest Miracle. Love can make you gather the affection of all mankind. Love will not tolerate any selfish aim or approach, Love is God. Live in Love. Then all is right; all can be well.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

Philip Sidney

No decking sets forth anything so much as affection.

Max Lucado

Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it.

Max Lucado

To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast.

Robert Dallek

Reagan restored a sense of hope, a sense of uplift about the presidency. Now it's ironic, because he preached the idea that government was not the solution, government was the problem. And yet, when he left the White House, he had kind of rekindled affection for the presidency.

Princess Margaret had conquered the affection of Italians, who will remember her cordial and human character,

Charles Dickens

Our affections are our consolation and comfort; and memory, however sad, is the best and purest link between this world and a better

Of what good, is a truth that may harm someone and does no good to anyone?Of what bad, is a lie that surely does some good to someone and does no harm to anyone?

affections that here in America would freak people out.

William Shakespeare

Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward,But then woos best when most his choice is froward.

A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts

The most important thing about Annie is that she has heart. She has a genuine affection for whatever she does.

Peter MacKay

Nova Scotia is my home and I have a great deal of affection for my province but having said that, I made the decision some time ago to enter federal politics,

Kevin Parker

There's a natural affinity to the two companies.

There's an affinity for those Delta areas because it's home for so many.

George Bernard Shaw

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it

Robert Lacey

Almost from the moment she was born, she has done her duty without flinching and without complaint. That's one reason there is deep and abiding affection for her.

The wealth of kings is in the affections of their subjects.

Penn Jillette

This film has more affection and love and world peace in it than any Disney film ever made, ... This is a truly feel-good movie about (an unprintable family activity).

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Peter Porter

I have no fondness for pure form at all.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

At the point when affection is not frenzy, it is not adore.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?