243 quotes
Smile, it's free therapy.
Douglas Horton
Clergyman · American · 1891 – 1968
Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
d. 1829
I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.
Steven Spielberg
Director · American · b. 1947
Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.
Neil Kinnock
Politician · Spanish · b. 1942
The smile of God is victory.
John Greenleaf Whittier
Poet · American · 1807 – 1892
She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
Raymond Chandler
Writer · American · 1888 – 1959
We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations.
Joseph Howe
Politician · Canadian · 1804 – 1873
Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England.
Horace Porter
Soldier · American
Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he's got iron teeth.
Andrei A. Gromyko
Politician · Russian · 1909 – 1989
When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile.
Charles Frohman
Producer · American · 1860 – 1915
Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Leader · Indian · 1893 – 1952
A smile is the universal welcome.
Max Eastman
Author · American · 1883 – 1969
His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.
John Philpot Curran
Public Servant · Irish · 1750 – 1817
When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.
Herman Hesse
Author · German · 1877 – 1962
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
Julie Burchill
Journalist · British · b. 1959
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.
Robert Southwell
Clergyman · English
My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.
Georg Brandes
Critic · Danish · 1842 – 1927
Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
Samuel Lover
Artist · Irish · 1797 – 1868
No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it.
Giacomo Leopardi
Poet · Italian · 1798 – 1837
She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited.
Kate Chopin
Author · American · 1850 – 1904
We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.
Jay Garner
Soldier · American · b. 1938
If you're going to kill someone there isn't much reason to get all worked up about it and angry - you just pull the trigger. Angry discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger.
Jim Allchin
Businessman · American
Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.
Earl Long
Politician · American · 1895 – 1960
Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
Nhat Hanh
Activist · Vietnamese · b. 1926
The weaker the country, the stronger the smile.
Howard Koch
You're never fully dressed without a smile.
Martin Charnin
Director · American · b. 1934
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
Go, forget me - why should sorrow, O'er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me - and tomorrow, brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile - though I shall not be near thee; Sing - though I shall never hear thee.
Charles Wolfe
Poet · Irish · 1791 – 1823
The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.
William Proxmire
Politician · American · 1915 – 2005
Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!
William Cartwright
Dramatist · English · 1611 – 1643
A laugh is a smile that bursts.
Mary H. Waldrip
Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love him, it's when he loves another girl but you still smile and say I'm happy for you, when all you really do is cry.
Kimberly Lynn Brodsky
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Josh Billings
Comedian · American · 1818 – 1885
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
Willie Stargell
Athlete · American · 1940 – 2001
I think people are sick and tired of all the abuse songs, and drug addiction, we want to bring to world a big fat smile.
Steve Brown
Musician · American
I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.
Adriana Lima
Model · Brazilian · b. 1981
When you see that many people with a smile on their face, then you must be doing something right.
Greg Norman
Athlete · Australian · b. 1955
Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.
Greta Garbo
Actress · Swedish · 1905 – 1990
I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
Ian McDiarmid
Actor · Scottish · b. 1944
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.
Sting
Musician · British · b. 1951
You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.
Brad Garrett
Actor · American · b. 1960
Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
Carlos Santana
Musician · Mexican · b. 1947
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
W. C. Fields
Comedian · American · 1880 – 1946
People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.
Stephen Rea
Actor · Irish · b. 1946
I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Comedian · American · b. 1958
Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.
Jeanne Calment
Celebrity · French · 1875 – 1997
Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
Aishwarya Rai
Actress · Indian · b. 1973