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Quotes About Smile

He grinned the grin of a presenter on some educational show with a cartoon dog, as if to say, "Come with me if you want to learn.
~ Maureen Johnson
I know, she said. She could. She was really irritating like that. Very, he agreed. There was a thoughtful sadness about him- one that seemed very familiar. I guess she did know what she was doing a little, she said. I got an uncle out of it, at least. Richard stopped pushing his folder and looked up. Yeah. He smiled. It's nice to have a niece, too.
~ Maureen Johnson
the informality of his posture, combined with the strict formality of his clothes, gave him an air of superlative elegance. His was the only face that had the carefree look and the brilliant smile proper to the enjoyment of a party; but his eyes seemed intentionally expressionless, holding no trace of gaiety, showing—like a warning signal—nothing but the activity of a heightened perceptiveness.
~ Ayn Rand
Él sonrió, no del todo a ella, sino como divertido ante un repentino recuerdo suyo.
~ Ayn Rand
A hint of the smile remained in his features at all times, particularly when he listened; it was a look of good-natured amusement, as if he were swiftly and patiently discarding the irrelevant in the words he heard and going straight to the point a moment ahead of the speaker.
~ Ayn Rand
Why is it that in novels with a message, the villains are so reduced that it is as if they come to us with a sign on their forehead saying: Beware, I am a monster? Doesn't the Koran state that Satan is a seducer, a tempter with an insidious smile?
~ Azar Nafisi
I had given her a reassuring smile and patted her hand and told her not to worry, I wouldn't do anything stupid. It was usually an effective tactic, another one of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves.
~ Barack Obama
I smiled. "Barack Hussein Obama. And I'm here with you in the Oval Office. Brother, I always feel lucky.
~ Barack Obama
He told me that I needed to smile more, to remember that this was a great adventure and that voters loved a happy warrior.
~ Barack Obama
A smile is the lighting system of the face and the heating system of the heart
~ Barbara Johnstone
He hid a scornful smile under his moustache, which is not a good hiding place.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
Only teasing', Death seemed to be saying over his shoulder with a rictus smile, with good humor and an oddly paternal affection. 'Take care of yourself, okay? We'll play again.
~ Barry Eisler
Kanezaki," I said. He spun, startled to hear my voice so close. "Shit," he said, perhaps a little embarrassed. I smiled. He looked a little older than he had the last time I had seen him, leaner, more seasoned. The wire-rimmed glasses no longer made him look bookish. Instead, they gave his face… focus, somehow. Precision.
~ Barry Eisler
Shit," he grunted. A minute or so passed. Then he sat up and looked at me. He flexed his leg and flashed his indefatigable grin.
~ Barry Eisler
You manage the place?" He smiled. "Something like that." Someone brought a stretcher. The dark-complected guy was gritting his teeth and whimpering. Someone admonished him, "Urusei na! Gaman shiro!" Shut up! Take the pain!
~ Barry Eisler
I smiled. You mean, to play it the way you would. Yes, that was probably true. Again, she would be coming to similar conclusions, mutatis mutandis, as the lawyers like to say, about me.
~ Barry Eisler
I smiled into her green eyes. The smile felt strangely sad to me. Maybe she didn't notice.
~ Barry Eisler
In the dim light her eyes looked more gray than blue. I liked the way the lighting softened her features, the way it rendered her eyes, even her smile, alluringly ambiguous.
~ Barry Eisler
She raised her arms away from her sides and looked at me. She smiled in that sly, subversive way she had—teasing, but also amused, and inviting the recipient of the smile to join in the amusement. "You're not going to search me?
~ Barry Eisler
Why would I want to do that?" I said, aware my heart had started a little giddyup just at the prospect. "We trust each other, right?" She lowered her arms, letting the smile linger for a moment, maybe acknowledging I'd handled her suggestion about as well as anyone could under the circumstances.
~ Barry Eisler
I say, if you can't laugh you might as well laugh anyway.
~ Stephen King
That smile was dangerous, she thought - a quicksand smile if ever there was one. Easy to wander in; perhaps more difficult to wander back out.
~ Stephen King
Sometimes the most proactive thing we can do is to be happy, just to genuinely smile.
~ Stephen R. Covey
Tu actitud determina tu altitud», «La sonrisa hace más amigos que el entrecejo fruncido» y «La mente humana puede lograr todo lo que concibe y cree».
~ Stephen R. Covey