quotations about smiles and smiling
A smile is a convenient reply when a person does not want to say something unpleasant.
ALFREDO ROCES & GRACE ROSES
CultureShock! Philippines: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
We human beings are very proud of being the only animals that can smile. And yet we don't show a very proper appreciation of our gift. Though we may realize its magical qualities, we often fail at the critical moment to use them. For example, we may know that when we have to choose between smiling and frowning the consequences will greatly affect our own peace of mind. If we frown we shall be further involved in trouble. If we smile we may obviate the trouble.
JOHN DANIEL BARRY
"Smiling", Intimations
A smile is like a candle in a lonely darkened room,
Proving light is always master over dreary, dark and gloom.
J. P. LUCAS
Wisteria: Fresh Flowers from an Old Vine
Smiling is one of the most important social cues, and people have been doing it since forever. Actually, smiling predates the existence of modern people by quite a lot. Primatologist Signe Preuschoft traces the smile back over 30 million years of evolution to a "fear grin" stemming from monkeys and apes.
MIHAI ANDREI
"According to scientists, these are the three kinds of smile", ZME Science, July 31, 2017
Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
CELTIC WOMAN
"Smile"
People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.
JUDITH GUEST
Ordinary People
He smiled like he couldn't help it. She couldn't believe it. He was actually smiling, teeth and all. Had she ever seen him smile before? No, she realized, because right now, it was such a jarring thing to witness that for a moment it felt as though she was sharing the car with a stranger.
KELLY CREAGH
Nevermore
A smile is a magnet that "attracts" other people to us. And heck, it just feels good to do!
RICH CASTELLANO
The Smile Prescription
There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit,
And there is a smile of smiles
In which these two smiles meet.
WILLIAM BLAKE
"The Smile", Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace.
THICH NHAT HANH
Being Peace
A cheerful smile often dispels those mists that portend a storm.
LYDIA HOWARD SIGOURNEY
Letters to Young Ladies
A smile is the advertisement of a laugh.
CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY
attributed, Day's Collacon
Those happy smilets,
That play'd on her ripe lip, seem'd not to know
What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence,
As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
King Lear
Some girls can't even wear a smile without looking in the mirror to see if it fits.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Smile, darn ya, smile
You know this great world is a good world after all
Smile, darn ya, smile
And right away watch lady luck pay you a call
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
"Smile, Darn Ya, Smile"
A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it. What is the dawn without its dew?
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
Imaginary Conversations
The man who falls in love with a smile often makes the mistake of marrying the rest of the girl.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
A smile is not true or false in the manner in which a conceptual meaning is true or false. It is truth in the sense in which one can say that a person is true, a thing is true. But it is usually not true in the sense in which a proposition is true or false.
BERNARD LONERGAN
Early Works on Theological Method
A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.
HOSEA BALLOU
Treasury of Thought
I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.
HANK AARON
attributed, Baseball's Greatest Quotations