Softhearted Quotes & Sayings

It takes a lot of weapons to do good works (as Richard the Lionhearted could have told us). And this is not just a Somali problem. We have poverty and deprivation in our own country. Try standing unarmed on a street corner in Compton handing out twenty-dollar bills and see how long you last. — P. J. O'Rourke

The way he was talking to me earlier ... makes me think he's starting to feel like God's the cosmic sadist again and he's the marionette."
"In other words, God's just torturing him for the kick?"
Thomas sighed and set his mostly untouched plate down. "Something like that."
"That's not a healthy outlook."
"He doesn't feel loved right now, so it's the natural one. — Jessiqua Wittman

She is an animal. Servile as a dog. And yet if he is careful to make no demands, to leave the air between them open, another version of the windup girl emerges. As precious and rare as a living bo tree. Her soul, emerging from within the strangling strands of her engineered DNA. — Paolo Bacigalupi

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad. — George Bernard Shaw

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. — Joseph Addison

I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues. — Nicole Kidman

Hurting a softhearted caring person would please you but loss is yours; you would have friends less one. — Vikrmn

God is found by those,
With kind hearts. — Bulleh Shah

Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a land that was particularly softhearted towards newcomers, but everyone believed that each should have a fair chance regardless of his origin. — Harry S. Truman

Don't let go this time" she whispered.
His voice came out of the void. "Never. — Kathryn James

Kings can only use their best tools. — T.H. White

As a nation we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Being a founder is like being a parent. You always stay involved. — Bart Decrem

I didn't care much for being called stupid and softhearted. But the boyfriend bit I could live with. — Mike Mullin

The softhearted
guard their hearts
fiercely. — N.L. Shompole

People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas. — Erica Jong

She is softhearted yet strong willed.
She is compassionate yet unwavering in principle. She is a loving mother, yet she risked my life to save others. — J.L. Witterick

A stray dog, I might understand," she said. "But this? You are too softhearted."
No, Mabry," Ravus said. "I am not." He looked in Val's direction. "I think she wants to die."
Maybe you can help her after all," Mabry said. "You're good at helping people die. — Holly Black

I daresay people have liked murderers," said Tuppence very reasonably. "It's like swindlers and confidence tricksmen who always look so honest and seem so honest. I daresay murderers all seem very nice and particularly softhearted. That sort of thing. — Agatha Christie

There's an old Weight Watchers saying: "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." I for one can think of a thousand things that taste better than thin feels. Many of them are two-word phrases that end with cheese (Cheddar cheese, blue cheese, grilled cheese). Even unsalted French fries taste better than thin feels. Ever eat fries without salt on them? I always think, These could use some salt, but that would mean I'd have to get up and move. I guess I'll just imagine there's salt on them. — Jim Gaffigan