Quotes About Sentimental

I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.

Up in the garret, where Jo's unquiet wanderings ended, stood four little wooden chests in a row, each marked with its owner's name, and each filled with relics of childhood and girlhood ended now for all.

His line was the jocundly-sentimental Wardour Street brand of adventure, told in a style that exactly met, but never exceeded, every expectation.

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories. —Walter Benjamin, "Unpacking My Library

I don't know if I like being the sentimental favorite.

She had packed two china teacups, wrapped in paper towels. She would not drink from anything else. He

Well-used memories, picked over and worn thin like a favourite shirt.

The memory of that day in the dump made him a little sentimental for his father—they had had some good times together, and Buddy had made a decent meal in the end. Really, what else could you ask from a parent?

Every arrangement in life carried with it the sadness, the sentimental shadow, of its not being something else, but only itself.

The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life.

The soul's a sort of sentimental wife, That prays and whimpers of the higher life.

We strive for beauty and balance, the sensual over the sentimental.

Cheap, sentimental things

I think nostalgia used purely for the sake of emotional reminiscing is extremely boring.

I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.

I'm not what you might call sexy, but I'm romantic. Let's put it that way.

I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.

My adult life, I grew up in Chicago. When I go back there, I always have fond memories.

I hold Mad Season very fondly to my heart, and there's a lot of sadness in that, too.

And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

When I was a kid in the late '60s and early '70s, my parents and their friends would play the records of Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Perry Como, music with string arrangements and men singing songs that sounded sad whether they were or not.

Country music tends to be so sentimental and homespun, it's easy to stumble into self-parody, but Haggard has brought a freshness to the themes that places him alongside Hank Williams and Willie Nelson as one of the greatest country music writers.

I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come.

The first thing I bought when I was 14 and started working was a crystal bear. I thought it was so glamorous and sparkly.