#affection

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords. ↗

— John Sterling

#affords #fiercest #lords #our #own

I got bored of not feeling affectionate towards girls. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#bored #feeling #got #i #towards

My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection for his family was just unassailable, without question. ↗

— David Ogden Stiers

#ago #died #faith #family #father

Michael is a funny character, for whom I have a great deal of affection. He sat across his desk and seemed to be a bit of a blunt fellow. We began talking about the characters and he opened up about his vision. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#across #affection #began #bit #blunt

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

#any #been #claim #desire #exists

Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#country #dearest #describe #does #feel

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. ↗

— Ovid

#call #confess #heart #i #misfortune

Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#attention #city #get #give #going

I'm an affectionate person. ↗

— Zara Phillips

#i #person

Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi. ↗

— Charles Rosen

#does #even #evoke #public #same