Quotes about Affection

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. Votes: 6

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. Votes: 4

Affection is the broadest basis of a good life. Votes: 4

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it. Votes: 4

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Votes: 4

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Votes: 4

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it. Votes: 4

Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God. Votes: 4

Affection! Affection is false. Votes: 3

The Noblest form of Affection Votes: 3

Affection exaggerates its own offenses ... Votes: 3

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles. Votes: 3

Affection reproaches, but does not denounce. Votes: 3

Most people would rather give than get affection. Votes: 3

Affection cannot be created; it can only be liberated. Votes: 3

Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought. Votes: 3

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted. Votes: 3

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed. Votes: 3

Affection makes your spirit slither out from its concealing spot. Votes: 3

Loneliness Is Not The Absence Of Affection, But The Absence Of Direction. Votes: 3

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection. Votes: 3

Affection is invaluable. I will accept your heart as payment and change your mind. Votes: 3

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. Votes: 3

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection. Votes: 3

Affection, mistress of passion, sways it to the mood of what it likes or loathes. Votes: 3

Affection should not be too sharp eyed, and love is not made by magnifying glasses. Votes: 3

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. Votes: 3

Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference. Votes: 3

Affection is a coal that must be cooled; else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire. Votes: 3

Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest. Votes: 3

You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange. Votes: 3

Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward. Votes: 3

Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly. Votes: 3

Affection may be abiding and love may be abiding, but the state of being in love is transitory. Votes: 3

Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline. Votes: 3

Be not dishearten'd -- Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet; Those who love each other shall become invincible. Votes: 3

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. Votes: 3

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection Votes: 3

Affection makes fools. Always, without exception, love digs a channel that's sooner or later flooded by the briny water of despair. Votes: 3

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration. Votes: 3

Affection isn't so plentiful in this life that any of us can afford to reject it when it's offered, whatever its source. Votes: 3

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying. Votes: 3

I would give worlds, could I believe One-half that is profess'd me; Affection! could I think it Thee, When Flattery has caress'd me. Votes: 3

DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters. Votes: 3

I wanted to be open. On the last project, "Affection," I co-wrote everything. Sometimes, I think, it's smart to step away and be open. Votes: 3

No emotion was supposed to cross the great divide of class. Affection could erase all hierarchy; in this was the danger, and the delight. Votes: 3

Affection is the most important thing. And the quality of affection - with your friends, your lovers, your family. But particularly for your own generation. Votes: 3

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even. Votes: 3

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection. Votes: 3

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue. Votes: 3

Affection is like bread, unnoticed till we starve, and then we dream of it, and sing of it, and paint it, when every urchin in the street has more than he can eat. Votes: 3

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots. Votes: 3

A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them. Votes: 3

Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Somebody gotta step up Girl I'm that somebody. Votes: 1

Most people would rather get than give affection Votes: 1

I wanna kiss you, girl, I wanna kiss you Girl, I wanna love you. Votes: 1

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection Votes: 1

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. Votes: 1

Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father. Votes: 1

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. Votes: 1

I get the feeling people respect me and that there is affection for me. That makes me happy. Votes: 1

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us we should guide them, guide them Votes: 1

A gentleman knows when to listen, when to comment, and when to simply hold his woman and kiss her tears away. Votes: 1

I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life. Votes: 1

Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone's shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty. Votes: 1

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it Votes: 1

Girl you so sexy You don't know what to do with all the attention on you All the affection, all the attention All these intentions towards you. Votes: 1

I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated. Votes: 1

When we are looking for validation, that will never satisfy us. When we are looking for affection, for love, a little bit of that will be enough to be complete. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion. Votes: 1

Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them. Votes: 1

Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster. Votes: 1

It might kill you to say it, because the film really takes on the Catholic Church, but I do think there is a sort of affection for certain rituals, and an authenticity to the presentation of those rituals, in 'Mea Maxima Culpa.' Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying about whether she will get fulfilled or liberated or enlightened. As long as she gets some food and a little affection, her life is fine. Votes: 1

While I am aware of no counsel on whether kissing should be reserved only for post-mission dating or courtship, I am aware of plenty of counsel concerning honesty in our actions and treating others with respect and kindness. Casual attitudes about expressions of affection such as kissing can cause much grief and heartache. Votes: 1

Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered. Votes: 1

People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard. Votes: 1

affection is a habit. Votes: 0

Entire affection hateth nicer hands. Votes: 0

Jealousy is the grave of affection. Votes: 0

The more merit, the less affection. Votes: 0

Hatreds are the cinders of affection. Votes: 0

My childhood lacked affection and ambience. Votes: 0

Chastity is sexual intercourse with affection. Votes: 0

Men are misers, and women prodigal, in affection. Votes: 0

Her affection for everything she could love increased. Votes: 0

Remember your natural affection for all of creation. Votes: 0

There is no power greater than true affection. Votes: 0

Touch is the alpha and omega of affection. Votes: 0

When affection only speaks, truth is not always there. Votes: 0

FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection. Votes: 0

Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. Votes: 0

The essential ingredients for relationship are affection and commitment. Votes: 0

No decking sets forth anything so much as affection. Votes: 0

Every human being I know craves love and affection. Votes: 0

Set your affection to infinity and your hate to zero! Votes: 0

I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices. Votes: 0

Jealousy is sustained as often by pride as by affection. Votes: 0

Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection. Votes: 0

To lead men, you have to lead them with affection. Votes: 0

Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another. Votes: 0

Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much. Votes: 0

All men, even the most surly are influenced by affection. Votes: 0

Console yourself by remembering that the world doesn't deserve your affection. Votes: 0

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection. Votes: 0

Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi. Votes: 0

I feel gigantic affection for all of Homeland Security at airports. Votes: 0

Nonsense and noise will oft prevail, When honor and affection fail. Votes: 0

A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love. Votes: 0

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger. Votes: 0

No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact. Votes: 0

Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow. Votes: 0

A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well - almost. Votes: 0

Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement. Votes: 0

Let the falling out of friends be a renewing of affection. Votes: 0

A beep on the nose is a sign of great affection Votes: 0

I have been seized by the power of a great affection. Votes: 0

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. Votes: 0

My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal. Votes: 0

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection. Votes: 0

Every man looks at his wood-pile with a kind of affection. Votes: 0

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. Votes: 0

Chastening is a mark of affection, not a sign of rejection. Votes: 0

We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection. Votes: 0

The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion. Votes: 0

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness. Votes: 0

If equal affection cannot be,Let the more loving one be me. Votes: 0

…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow. Votes: 0

UXORIOUSNESS, n. A perverted affection that has strayed to one's own wife. Votes: 0

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger. Votes: 0

May God always keep us this way In peace, love and affection. Votes: 0

At the point when affection is not frenzy, it is not adore. Votes: 0

Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same. Votes: 0

Right is more beautiful than private affection, and is compatible with universal wisdom. Votes: 0

Words of affection, howsoe'er expressed, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best. Votes: 0

Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed. Votes: 0

True happiness must arise from well-regulated affections, and an affection includes a duty. Votes: 0

The effect of the indulgence of human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration. Votes: 0

Expert advice on improving ur relationship - 4A's - attention,appreciation, affection & attraction. Votes: 0

People throw the word love around like confetti when they actually mean affection. Votes: 0

I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever. Votes: 0

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection. Votes: 0

Love is exaggerated affection; affection is unexaggerated love! Always be sober in everything! Votes: 0

True affection and love have a purity which shall always prevail over bigotry. Votes: 0

I'm just an awkward old maid with a very great affection for men. Votes: 0

She moves me not, or not removes at least affection's edge in me. Votes: 0

I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father. Votes: 0

The relief of enemies has a tendency to unite mankind in fraternal affection. Votes: 0

A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value. Votes: 0

Dogs in America get more affection than women in most Third World countries. Votes: 0

To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection Votes: 0

If you like affection, then about one in three squirrels makes an excellent companion. Votes: 0

Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! Votes: 0

There are moments of mingled sorrow and tenderness, which hallow the caresses of affection. Votes: 0

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn. Votes: 0

Scarcity of self value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence. Votes: 0

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. Votes: 0

A mistaken thought may be corrected easily, but an errant affection is nearly unmanageable. Votes: 0

Venetians feel affection and loyalty to their city, rather than to the Italian state. Votes: 0

It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature. Votes: 0

The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. Votes: 0

The lover is made happier by his love than the object of his affection. Votes: 0

Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it. Votes: 0

It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends. Votes: 0

We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection. Votes: 0

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up? Votes: 0

The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people. Votes: 0

No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world. Votes: 0

You can't find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well. Votes: 0

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived. Votes: 0

The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth. Votes: 0

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders. Votes: 0

There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it. Votes: 0

Personal hatred and family affection are not incompatible; they often flourish and grow strong together. Votes: 0

I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences. Votes: 0

True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming. Votes: 0

Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences. Votes: 0

Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent. Votes: 0

Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that. Votes: 0

If you approached people with trust and affection you would have ten-fold trust and thousand-fold. Votes: 0

A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection. Votes: 0

Do not doubt a woman's power to aid; no toil Can daunt a pure affection. Votes: 0

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment. Votes: 0

Men cannot be nice and kind to a woman and have no affection for them. Votes: 0

We begin our public affection in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen. Votes: 0

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection. Votes: 0

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection Votes: 0

Psychoanalytic investigation has shown that in mental patients excessive affection often turns to violent hostility. Votes: 0

I utter this word with deepest affection and from the very bottom of my heart. Votes: 0

Books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal. Votes: 0

I think the President inspires tremendous affection and loyalty by a wide range of people. Votes: 0

The three things you can offer your children to change them: attention, appreciation and affection. Votes: 0

A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection. Votes: 0

I love you. You are the object of my affection and the object of my sentence. Votes: 0

Pets require feeding, training, affection and exercise, but in return they offer unconditional love and companionship. Votes: 0

We need truth to grow in the same way that we need vitamins, affection and love. Votes: 0

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. Votes: 0

It's important to show children love, affection and balance and invest time in their moral upbringing. Votes: 0

The happiest hours of my life have been spent in the flow of affection among friends. Votes: 0

Speech is one symptom of affection; and silence one; the perfect communication is heard of none. Votes: 0

You say to me-wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you love me long. Votes: 0

That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure. Votes: 0

I think if you're Red Sox, well, it's something you're born with, and affection you have. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse. Votes: 0

The man had arrived at that stage of drunkenness where affection is felt for the universe. Votes: 0

Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important... Votes: 0

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm. Votes: 0

People might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely miserable. Votes: 0

The more attention you give to your loved ones, the less affection you recieve from them. Votes: 0

When you make an omelet, as when you make love, affection counts for more than technique. Votes: 0

I am a woman of heart and mind, looking for affection and respect, a little passion. Votes: 0

Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar." Votes: 0

Many dogs grow up without rules or boundaries. They need exercise, discipline and affection in that order. Votes: 0

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal. Votes: 0

Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness. Votes: 0

My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally. Votes: 0

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him. Votes: 0

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that. Votes: 0

Love that goes upward is worship; Love that goes outward is affection; Love that stoops is grace. Votes: 0

After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me. Votes: 0

I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters. Votes: 0

There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard. Votes: 0

I've always had a great affection for espionage stories. I like weaving them, and I like thrillers. Votes: 0

It is difficult to be creative and enthusiastic about anything for which we do not feel affection. Votes: 0

I still had the same affection for New Zealand as I've always had. Didn't change at all. Votes: 0

I get the feeling people respect me and that there is affection for me. That makes me happy, Votes: 0

It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another. Votes: 0

Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss. Votes: 0

Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own. Votes: 0

If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can. Votes: 0

Never chase love, affection, or attention. If it isn't given freely by another person, it isn't worth having. Votes: 0

I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out. Votes: 0

Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book. Votes: 0

Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me. Votes: 0

Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes? Votes: 0

Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. Votes: 0

You could start a fire with the heat between you two. You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection. Votes: 0

You could start a fire with the heat between you two.""You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection." Votes: 0

Children need loving attention, closeness and deep affection and also loving touch. Love will make them feel safe. Votes: 0

Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection. Votes: 0

Don't imagine that your perfection lies in accumulating or possessing external things. Your affection is inside of you. Votes: 0

He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion. Votes: 0

I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people. Votes: 0

I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives. Votes: 0

From that moment our love became sad, and sadness is a disease which gives the death-blow to affection. Votes: 0

Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection. Votes: 0

I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration. Votes: 0

All gifts from God are intended to direct our attention to God and create fresh affection for God. Votes: 0

The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer. Votes: 0

It's an odd situation: I could not write about someone for whom I felt no affection or admiration. Votes: 0

We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment. Votes: 0

The man of Love follows the path of God-and shows affection to both the believer and the nonbe-liever. Votes: 0

A heart like mine, which never got any kind of affection growing up, is terrible above all things. Votes: 0

There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate. Votes: 0

We all owe each other concessions of taste and opinion for the sake of family peace and affection ... Votes: 0

They say a woman always remembers her first lover with affection; but perhaps she does not always remember him. Votes: 0

Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief. Votes: 0

Let the husband render to his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. Votes: 0

We should measure affection, not like youngsters by the ardor of its passion, but by its strength and constancy. Votes: 0

I was born and raised in the Bay Area. It's the place I got a deep, deep affection for. Votes: 0

Children, who have yet to learn our ways, are notoriously promiscuous in their affection. They'll sit on anyone's knee. Votes: 0

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection. Votes: 0

But today, I feel the genuine warmth, the affection, and although I may joke about it, I am touched. Votes: 0

Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. Votes: 0

‎"To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table. Votes: 0

We might question God's actions, decisions, or declarations. But we can never, ever question his zany, stunning, unquenchable affection. Votes: 0

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. Votes: 0

Friendship is nothing else than an accord in all things, human and divine, conjoined with mutual goodwill and affection. Votes: 0

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love. Votes: 0

True affection is a body of enigmas, mysteries and riddles, wherein two so become one that they both become two. Votes: 0

Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise, Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affection, Figures pedantical--these summer flies Have blown me full of maggot ostentation. Votes: 0

When thier god and his exploiters cease to be adored and served, we shall live like comrades in mutual affection. Votes: 0

We're already saying it's not the dog, but you need to adopt this lifestyle which is exercise, discipline, and affection. Votes: 0

Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. Votes: 0

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children. Votes: 0

I had great affection for Dana Carvey, and I think we all thought, "Dana's the guy. There's the comic genius." Votes: 0

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity. Votes: 0

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection. Votes: 0

A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you. Votes: 0

…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way. Votes: 0

Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it. Votes: 0

absence ... smothers into decay a rootless fancy but often nourishes the least seed of a true affection into full-flowering love. Votes: 0

It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them. Votes: 0

I obviously have a lot of love and affection for the people of Hamilton from playing there for so long. Votes: 0

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. Votes: 0

Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given? Votes: 0

I believe we're going to find that respect and affection are essential to all relationships working and contempt destroys them. Votes: 0

Children are like puppies: you have to keep them near you, and look after them, if you want their affection. Votes: 0

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. Votes: 0

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity. Votes: 0

With older people, it's quite different. They're reliable, they show you what to do, and there's solidity in their affection. Votes: 0

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. Votes: 0

No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation. Votes: 0

For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia. Votes: 0

In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either. Votes: 0

Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this. Votes: 0

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. Votes: 0

Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time. Votes: 0

From a sensitive woman's heart springs the happiness of mankind, and from the kindness of her noble spirit comes mankind's affection. Votes: 0

Animal lovers often tend to be misanthropes or loners, and so they transfer their affection to the creature in their control. Votes: 0

If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is. Votes: 0

A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again. Votes: 0

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo. Votes: 0

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts. Votes: 0

O the anguish of the thought that we can never atone to our dead for the stinted affection we gave them. Votes: 0

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection. Votes: 0

Barça has always given me great affection, and even to this day. I only have words of gratitude for them Votes: 0

I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection Votes: 0

To be loved is the birthright of every mewling babe, but, once grown, a man is not assured of such affection. Votes: 0

True prayer is not asking God for love; it is learning to love, and to include all mankind in one affection. Votes: 0

I created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood. Votes: 0

For you I am neither the PM or CM. Our bond is a bond of affection and I am your sevak. Votes: 0

No test tube can breed love and affection. No frozen packet of semen ever read a story to a sleepy child. Votes: 0

Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows. Votes: 0

The affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night. Votes: 0

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom Votes: 0

All animals understand love and affection, but only man shows the propensity to place himself into the shoes of another life form Votes: 0

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost. Votes: 0

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom. Votes: 0

Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection. Votes: 0

To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast. Votes: 0

People were very passionate and over the top about showing me their love and affection, and they memorized my songs in Spanish. Votes: 0

There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love. Votes: 0

What is important is using one's talent, intellect and energy in order to gain an appreciation and affection for people and place. Votes: 0

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. Votes: 0

...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love. Votes: 0

She lived in her past life- these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that was left her in the world. Votes: 0

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world. Votes: 0

Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music. Votes: 0

I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect. Votes: 0

I am still the same girl. The only difference that success has brought about is the love and affection of the people. Votes: 0

Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting. Votes: 0

Your hug should be more than an embrace of affection. It represents her safety and security. It should make her feel truly loved. Votes: 0

My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense. Votes: 0

PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost. Votes: 0

It (the heart) is supposed in popular language, to be the seat sometimes, of courage, sometimes of affection, sometimes of honesty, or baseness. Votes: 0

Isn't it terrible the way some unworthy folks are loved, while others that deserve it far more, you'd think, never get much affection? Votes: 0

We are spectacular splendid manifestations of life. We have language. We have affection. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music. Votes: 0

It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen. Votes: 0

I always felt awkward and unfinished, unworthy of love, suspicious of affection offered. My mother's absence became a great presence in my life. Votes: 0

I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality Votes: 0

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. Votes: 0

Nothing but love can answer to love; no affection, no kindness, no care, can supply its place: it is its own sweet want. Votes: 0

The heart of a woman is never so full of affection that there does not remain a little corner for flattery and love. Votes: 0

Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard. Votes: 0

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one. Votes: 0

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. Votes: 0

If your letters are as long as the bible, they will appear short to me. Only let them be brim full of affection. Votes: 0

If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down. Votes: 0

My greatest hope is to be a mother who loves Jesus with a deep and abiding affection that joyfully overflows to my children. Votes: 0

One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children. Votes: 0

The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection. Votes: 0

[S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. Votes: 0

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. Votes: 0

My only sanction is the love and affection in which you hold me. But it has its weaknesses, as it has its strengths. Votes: 0

My affection for Taiwan... is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese. Votes: 0

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking. Votes: 0

A letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection; And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder. Votes: 0

Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection Votes: 0

Money does not corrupt people. What corrupts people is lack of affection ... Money is simply the bandage which wounded people put over their wounds. Votes: 0

Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship? Votes: 0

Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that. Votes: 0

Sassenach." He had called me that from the first; the Gaelic word for outlander, a stranger. An Englishman. First in jest, then in affection. Votes: 0

There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude! Votes: 0

Farewell Australia! You ... are too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect. I leave your shores without sorrow or regret. Votes: 0

We can look forward to four more years of wonderful, inspirational speeches full of wit, poetry, music, love and affection, plus more goddamn nonsense. Votes: 0

It is one of the major tragedies that nothing is more discomforting than the hearty affection of the Old Friends who never were friends. Votes: 0

My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony. Votes: 0

In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books. Votes: 0

My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together. Votes: 0

It is not possible to 'spoil' a child with love and affection...a child needs all the love and affection it can possibly get. Votes: 0

A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown. Votes: 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. Votes: 0

It is hard for the human soul not to love something, and our mind must of necessity be drawn to some kind of affection. Votes: 0

I'm glad she's not faking affection. It's more honest than what her husband is doing, at least. Dislike is an emotion I can respect. Votes: 0

I need to give affection and love, because without that, I wither. I need to give that love to someone. Without that, I'm rudderless. Votes: 0

I still get my news from the newspaper in the morning. I just have an affection for paper, and that's no secret, I guess. Votes: 0

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good. Votes: 0

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. Votes: 0

There's something about the fashion world that I like, which is, I see a lot of the designers really have affection for other designers. Votes: 0

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Votes: 0

Tender expressions of love and affection toward children are as much the responsibility of the father as the mother. Tell your children you love them. Votes: 0

...although I had to admit a certain affection for the Mattel booth advertising Urban Survival Barbie, now with her own Machete and blood testing unit. Votes: 0

Starved for affection, terrified of abandonment, I began to wonder if sex was really just an excuse to look deeply into another human being's eyes. Votes: 0

Historians ought to be precise, faithful, and unprejudiced; and neither interest nor fear, hatred nor affection, should make them swerve from the way of truth. Votes: 0

Bonding through caregivingI don't think I'd ever realized until then that so much affection, so much heart connect, happens when we take care of someone. Votes: 0

There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection. Votes: 0

Most women lament not the death of their lovers so much out of real affection for them, as because they would appear worthy of love. Votes: 0

To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication. Votes: 0

Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred. Votes: 0

A Warrior of Light needs love. Love and affection are part of his nature. He makes use of solitude, but is not used by it. Votes: 0

Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection-that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement. Votes: 0

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life, whether the case be one of coolish baked beans, or an unrequited affection. Votes: 0

The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Looking at the pattern of our existence from birth to death, we can see the way in which we are fundamentally nurtured by other's affection. Votes: 0

I don't like sleeping with people I really love. I don't want to sleep with them because sex cannot last, but affection can last forever. Votes: 0

The more you love your children, the more care you should take to neglect them occasionally. The web of affection can be drawn too tight. Votes: 0

Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away, and he could not find it. Votes: 0

By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will have to give away. Votes: 0

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved. Votes: 0

Although I believe affection and romance should be shown all year around, it's always smart to have a good plan up your sleeve for Valentine's Day. Votes: 0

Jealousy is a painful passion; yet without some share of it, the agreeable affection of love has difficulty to subsist in its full force and violence. Votes: 0

Women's loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind Votes: 0

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye. Votes: 0

Your job is to control yourself. Your job is to discipline yourself. Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and kindness. Votes: 0

The heart is not so constituted, and the only way to dispossess it of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one Votes: 0

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. Votes: 0

Say Say Say What you want But don't play games With my affection Take take take What you need But don't leave me With no direction Votes: 0

She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. Votes: 0

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations. Votes: 0

To lose the only creature in all his world who ever had manifested love and affection for him was the greatest tragedy he had ever known. Votes: 0

But if you love animals for all the right reasons- and that's just love and affection- then you're going to go after animals who need you. Votes: 0

Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection. Votes: 0

I believe, Eragon, that you are full of love and that you are looking for one who will reciprocate your affection. No shame exists in that. Votes: 0

You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail. Votes: 0

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them. Votes: 0

There is in the body, a current of energy, affection and intelligence, which guides, maintains and energizes the body. Discover that current and stay with it. Votes: 0

When I deeply look at a pious, I see no affection but fear; and when I look at an atheist, I see no fear but conceit! Votes: 0

Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. Votes: 0

Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away, and he could not find it. Votes: 0

It was lovely to receive the affection from some of the supporters of our biggest rival, ... It doesn't happen to you very often in your career. Votes: 0

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it. Votes: 0

Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness. Votes: 0

The life of a Christian should be a meditation how to unloose his affection from inferior things. He will easily die that is dead before in affection. Votes: 0

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey. Votes: 0

My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection for his family was just unassailable, without question. Votes: 0

Real affection comes from the face. Those political leaders, when they meet, they are always hugging, but not very genuine. Deep, sincerity comes from face and eye. Votes: 0

People will always write and think all sorts of things "“ be irritated by us, have affection for us, think we dress coolly or disastrously. It's whatever. Votes: 0

With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not, disappointing him. Votes: 0

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it. Votes: 0

We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life. Votes: 0

In contrast to how my father treated me, I won't hit him, I won't call him evil, I'll give him affection, and I'll pay attention to him. Votes: 0

I am persuaded that there is no affection of the human heart more exquisitely pure, than that which is felt by a grateful son towards a mother ... Votes: 0

Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good. Votes: 0

We should examine ourselves and learn what is the affection and purpose of the heart, for in this way only can we learn what we honestly are. Votes: 0

I know my parents loved me - they certainly did everything they could for me - but displays of affection were kept on a distinctly low flame. Votes: 0

Pain. I seem to have an affection, a kind of sweettooth for it. Bolts of lightning, little rivulets of thunder. And I the eye of the storm. Votes: 0

So each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, or at least some remote and distant hope.... Votes: 0

Expressed affection is the best of all methods to use when you want to light a glow in someone's heart and to feel it in your own. Votes: 0

Jack and Jill ran up the hill, both for a little fun. Jack's plan was deception while Jill sought affection. And Jack wouldn't quit till he won. Votes: 0

When someone who's starved of love is shown something that looks like sincere affection, is it any wonder that she jumps at it and clings to it? Votes: 0

The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life. Votes: 0

I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin, Italian, Jewish. Votes: 0

Seeing God face to face is to feel that He is enthroned in our hearts even as a child feels a mother's affection without needing any demonstration. Votes: 0

A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can be called affection. Votes: 0

Appreciation, affection, focus and intention fill up the space of self-reflection, and one loses oneself in the engagement. And what a relief it is when you get there. Votes: 0

Self-affection is the real dwelling to which we must always return with a view to a faithfulness to ourselves and an ability to welcome the other as different. Votes: 0

Food is one part. Love is another part. So, the food will give them physical nutrition. The love and affection which you show, will give them mental nutrition. Votes: 0

Love, that is all I asked, a little love, daily, twice daily, fifty years of twice daily love like a Paris horse-butcher's regular, what normal woman wants affection? Votes: 0

Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers. Votes: 0

The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred. Votes: 0

Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers. Votes: 0

I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background. Votes: 0

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound affection admits a sacrifice. Votes: 0

You are a door to an existence she does not desire, but even if the room beyond is repugnant, that door has won a portion of her affection. Votes: 0

I like the word 'affection' because it signifies something habitual, and we are soon to meet to try whether we have mind enough to keep our hearts warm. Votes: 0

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define. Votes: 0

I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child. Votes: 0

There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought. Votes: 0

Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others. Votes: 0

If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians. Votes: 0

People should treat the oceans like we do anything else that we care about - with consideration, with care, and affection. That's it. For that we must educate. Votes: 0

Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation. Votes: 0

Grief is only the memory of widowed affection. The more intense the delight in the presence of the object, the more poignant must be the impression of the absence. Votes: 0

Childhood may have periods of great happiness, but it also has times that must simply be endured. Childhood at its best is a form of slavery tempered by affection. Votes: 0

This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime Votes: 0

When someone fears losing your affection, he or she will strive to keep it. Perhaps you have strived to keep someone's affection, too. Fear of loss is not love. Votes: 0

We offer love to our customers. And in return, we receive the finest smiles. And even if we cannot return their affection, at least we can offer a rose. Votes: 0

In the last 20, 22 years I have sung here very often and I have always felt the affection and warmth of the Italians, and I feel very close to you. Votes: 0

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible. Votes: 0

Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the affection of a Father! Votes: 0

a grin that wasn't natural, and that combined in a strange way affection and arrogance, the arrogance of the idealist who doesn't realize how easily he can be fooled. Votes: 0

I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly. Votes: 0

It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the opportunity of fixing him. Votes: 0

Due to many cosmic and worldly reasons, we will surely lose our planet one day! Till that dark day comes, let us give our profound affection to our beloved earth! Votes: 0

And keep you in the rear of your affection,Out of the shot and danger of desire,The chariest maid is prodigal enoughIf she unmasks her beauty to the moon. Votes: 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. Votes: 0

But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within. Votes: 0

I couldn't ever boil potatoes over the heat of your affection. Your love would never bridge a gap; it wouldn't even fill up the hole that the mice came through ... Votes: 0

How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. Votes: 0

Toronto as a city carries out the idea of Canada as a country. It is a calculated crime against the aspirations of the soul and the affection of the heart. Votes: 0

Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope. Votes: 0

Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration. Votes: 0

I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way. Votes: 0

We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to us as tradition, as education, and as human affection. Votes: 0

To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affection; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. Votes: 0

Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother. Votes: 0

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value. Votes: 0

Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs. Votes: 0

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do. Votes: 0

A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults. Votes: 0

Try as I might, I could never feel any great affection for a man who so much resembled a Baked Alaska - sweet, warm and gungy on the outside, hard and cold within. Votes: 0

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do.... Votes: 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. Votes: 0