Smiling Quotes - page 2

Learning should be a pleasure, and children should grow up to imagine wisdom with a smiling face, not a fierce and terrifying one. (Sarah Bakewell)
I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heart-less robots who protect them and their property. View quote
Assata Shakur
Almost every organization... exhibits two faces - a smiling face which it turns toward its members and a frowning face which it turns to the world outside. View quote
Kenneth Boulding
Nature, like a kind and smiling mother, lends herself to our dreams and cherishes our fancies. View quote
Victor Hugo
I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons. View quote
Toni Morrison
Smiling with pleasure, they went through their memories, not sad, old people's memories, but poetic, youthful ones, those impressions from the very distant past where dream merges with reality, and they laughed softly, rejoicing at something. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion. View quote
J. D. Salinger
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair The bees are stirring birds are on the wing And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. View quote
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end. View quote
Milan Kundera
In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself. View quote
Mantak Chia
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew. (Markus Zusak)
I looked at myself in that window, oblivious to all the people around me and I stared and smiled that particular smile. You know that smile that seems to knock you and tell you how pathetic you are? That's the smile I was smiling. View quote
Markus Zusak
You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care. View quote
Mohsin Hamid
Do people always fall in love with things they can't have?' 'Always,' Carol said, smiling, too. View quote
Patricia Highsmith
With Attachments, my goal was to write a really good romantic comedy. I wanted the reader to be smiling throughout. View quote
Rainbow Rowell
Frank heard a laugh behind him. He glanced back and couldn't believe what he saw. Nico di Angelo was actually smiling. "That's more like it," Nico said. "Let's turn this tide! View quote
Rick Riordan
Leo couldn't help smiling. "That could be fun." "Fun" she said unhappily. "Blue elephants." "Blue elephants." "Kiss me you fool." "You fool. View quote
Rick Riordan
And if I was humming "Happy Birthday" and smiling stupidly as I fled for my life-well, that was nobody's business, was it? View quote
Rick Riordan
It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your side, holding your hand, and smiling sweetly on one and all. View quote
Simon R. Green
For a change, lady luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock. View quote
Timothy Zahn
Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian. (Anthony Horowitz)
All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators. View quote
Charlaine Harris
We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time. View quote
Sheila Heti
After all, Fnick is Superman," said Iggy. "Shut up, Jeff," I said, but I was smiling. I lifted Iggy's fingers to my face so that he knew. View quote
James Patterson
Don't kiss me,” she said warningly. "I don't intend to,” he replied, smiling a little. "I don't have my whip and chair with me. View quote
Linda Howard