Quotes About Vivacity

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character; some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity. A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape; it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one.

You will find her manners beyond anything I can describe; and your wit and vivacity, I think, must be acceptable to her, especially when tempered with the silence and respect which her rank will inevitably excite.

I think it is the state of mind which gives most spirit and delight.

I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

The greatness of a poet is not to be measured by the scale but by the intensity and the perfection of his works. Also by his vivacity. Williams is the author of the most vivid poems of modern American poetry.

Remember this: Do nothing to lower your vitality and you will always be well.

But Nikolay was brimming with such innocent good humour that now and then even the husband fell prey to his exuberance. Towards the end of the evening, however, as the wife's face grew redder and livelier, the husband's grew steadily paler and sadder. It was as if they had been issued with a limited amount of vivacity between them, and as the wife's share of it rose, the husband's dwindled away.

Pasamos tantos minutos, horas y días sin valorar la vida, sin sentirla demasiado, dejando que transcurra. Pero luego hay momentos como este en que la vivacidad de la vida es cristalina, palpable, innegable. Es la boya final a la que aferrarse cuando uno se está ahogando. Es la salvación.

They were smooth and bright, and their timing was wonderful, and they were young and hilarious. It was really something to see, they thought, and this was why they spoke loudly and gestured, inviting onlookers to admire.

The opposite of depression isn't happiness, but vitality.

I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.

All men that are ruined are ruined on the side of their natural propensities, the note concludes. This is surely true. Yet the vivacity with which he embraces ruin is unexampled, in my experience.

Ontem um velhinho de oitenta e dois anos atravessou o Canal da Mancha, vupt! vupt! nadando. A múmia chegou inteira e ainda pediu um conhaque.

PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

For all of [Fanny] Ardant's ability to depict a range of emotion, I most associate her with joy. Not necessarily the depiction of joy, but rather a joy of acting, a joy of being, a joie de vivre . Ardant, in her mature performances, conveys the sense of someone bringing to scenes her full being, her whole self and experience. There is an understanding of the value of life in such moments, in the value of the moments themselves.

Suck all the juice this life will give!

human spark plug, optimistic, intelligent, and energetic.