Smile Quotes - Page 20

• A Smile is a curve which can set a lot of things straight.

  Victor Borge

  Curves

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• Smile first thing in the morning. Get it over with.

  W. C. Fields

  Morning, Cynical, Firsts

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• A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.

  James Geary

  Metaphor, Simile, Stills

  James Geary (2011). “I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Mother, Make Her Smile, Her Smile

  Adriana Trigiani (2010). “Viola in Reel Life”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.

  Patti LaBelle

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Aug 30, 2012

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• I love a girl that can make me laugh. I am not really a laugh-at-things type of guy and I don't smile and laugh all the time... But if a girl can make me laugh... I'm in love!!!!

  Jesse McCartney

  Love, Happiness, Girl

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• The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.

  Neil Kinnock

  Missing, Teeth, Parthenon

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• If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.

  Reed Hastings

  Secret, Taste, Individual

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• I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

  Brooke Shields

  Beautiful, Girl, Baby

  "Brooke Shields: My family values". Interview with Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. September 3, 2010.

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• The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Children, Glasses, Light

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• I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.

  Drew Bledsoe

  Kids, Autumn, Games

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• There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

  Lord Acton

  Eye, Soul, Doe

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• Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

  Josh Billings

  Happiness, Laughter, Attitude

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• When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?' Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It's not an issue.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Couple, Sleep, Issues

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• Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!

  Margaret Cho

  Moving, Giving, Toys

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• A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile.

  Helena Christensen

  Beautiful, Self, Spirit

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• So you have to take the good with the bad.

  Candace Parker

  Life Going On, Goes On, Never Regret

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• 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.

  Toni Morrison

  People, Annoyed, Understanding

  Toni Morrison, Danille Kathleen Taylor-Guthrie (1994). “Conversations with Toni Morrison”, p.256, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

  Bob Newhart

  Happiness, Moving On, Laughter

  Bob Newhart (2006). “I shouldn't even be doing this: and other things that strike me as funny”

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• Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Life, Happiness, Sad

  "The Will to Power". Book by Friedrich Nietzsche, 1888.

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• It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I don't really think it's power... it's the goodness.

  Robert Plant

  Thinking, People, Feelings

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• My spirit. This is a new thought. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I'm a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It's not as if I'm never friendly. Okay, maybe I don't go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but i do care for some people.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Katniss, People

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.164, Scholastic Inc.

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• Silence & smile are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems & Silence is the way to avoid many problems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Iris Johansen

  Powerful, Two, Silence

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• A man can smile and smile and be a villain.

  Aldous Huxley

  Men, Hamlet And Ophelia, Villain

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• If a child smiles, if an adult smiles, that is very important. If in our daily lives we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Peace, Determination

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.6, Random House

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