Affection Quotes


I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire. Robin Morgan Affection 266
Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. Basil Rathbone Affection 165
The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. Abraham Maslow Affection 108
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. Franklin D. Roosevelt Affection 106
When affection only speaks, truth is not always there. Thomas Middleton Affection 101
No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation. Abdul Qadeer Khan Affection 100
The objective of the demonstrators is to win the affection of the armed agents of the government. Most of the Kiev police have now pledged their support for the people. Bob Schaffer Affection 90
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. George Bernard Shaw Affection 90
Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders. Nick Clooney Affection 88
If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. Theophile Gautier Affection 84
My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally. Evelyn Waugh Affection 79
He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection. Terence Affection 77
And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Affection 73
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture. Abraham Joshua Heschel Affection 63
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence. Mercy Otis Warren Affection 63
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Affection 62
Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me. Tony Curtis Affection 59
I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great. Rene Auberjonois Affection 52
The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved. Edward R. Murrow Affection 51
Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book. Michael Lewis Affection 49
In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Affection 46
As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals that share the planet with us may be a more unifying force than any other. Nick Clooney Affection 43
In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists. Havelock Ellis Affection 39
Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo. Leonard Maltin Affection 38
The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children. William Godwin Affection 30
Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi. Charles Rosen Affection 28
After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me. William Lilly Affection 24
Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love? Andrew Greeley Affection 23

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