Quotes About Jaunty

#1. The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. Then he shrugged, looked up, and gave a surprisingly jaunty smile. All in favor of admitting first-term Kvothe's reckless use of sympathy as proof of mastery of basic principles of sympathy vote by show of hands.

Patrick Rothfuss

#2. Some hats can only be worn if you're willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you're only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you.

Neil Gaiman

#3. Every nation feels itself to be superior, but in America it's a jaunty feeling, and in some cases a rather ominous one among the super-patriots.

James Salter

#4. In America the chief accusation seems to be one of "Eroticism." This is odd, rather puzzling to my mind. Which Eros? Eros of the jaunty "amours," or Eros of the sacred mysteries? And if the latter, why accuse, why not respect, even venerate?

D.H. Lawrence

#5. She was enveloped from head to foot in a raccoon fur coat, with a jaunty hat of the same, trimmed only with a bright quill feather.

Carolyn Wells

#6. E understood far more deeply than anyone else the loneliness that lurked beneath his jaunty mask.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

#7. The tattoo on her left forearm. Five digits encoding nothing but the unspoken prohibition on my asking her about them. The jaunty 7 with its continental slash.

Michael Chabon

#8. [S]ongs must be measured by their utility. Any jaunty little tune that can get you from one point to another as you drive, or get you through the dishes, or that can illuminate or dignify your courting, I always appreciate.
-interview, 1995

Leonard Cohen

#9. Yes, Emily Dickenson
a rather exhausting poet, now I come to think of it. All that breathlessness and skipping about. What's wrong with nice, long lines and a jaunty rhythm?

Sarah Waters

#10. I keep trying, and manage some workmanlike stuff that doesn't require inspiration, and then I check my phone, check my email, go on Facebook. I read other people's posts, make jaunty comments, flitter away the time, profane the time.

Deborah Meyler

#11. Charlie pushed his fedora back onto his head. Some hats can only be worn if you're willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you're only a step away from dancing.

Neil Gaiman

#12. See you in the funny papers, he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation.

Michael Chabon

#13. The only item that stood out was a pair of orange Crocs I bought one day when I was feeling particularly jaunty. I had a special distaste for these shoes, because I was 76 percent sure that I was dumped as a result of once wearing them.

Charles McDowell

#14. What is wrong with you?" I whispered furiously.
"Nothing," he said, surprised. "I feel great."
"But how can you be so ... so jaunty?"
"Jaunty? I've never been jaunty. I hope never to be jaunty.

Leigh Bardugo

#15. Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.

Tama Janowitz

#16. It is not just about the money, it is about what you achieve on the pitch

Ronaldinho

#17. To wind up in Cooperstown is surreal for me. To go into the Hall of Fame is one thing. When you think of all the other Yankees that are in here, it's pretty special. This is just a shrine. To visit it, much less be inducted, it's still sort of unbelievable to me.

Joe Torre

#18. People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

Alain Prost

#19. On Startups: "I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on.

Walter Isaacson

#20. The artist in me cries out for design.

Robert Frost

#21. I don't want to think my life as a career. I'm interested in my work only because of the meaning I can make.

Audrey Tautou

#22. Silence - people are afraid of it - they feel the need to make small talk, anything, just to break the stillness. I don't feel any such need. To me, silence brings about peace and certitude.

Henry Martin

#23. How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

Phyllis Schlafly

#24. I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music.

Katy Perry

#25. But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.

Joshua Harris

#26. Stop focusing on how miserable you are and focus on how many opportunities you have to get better.

Debasish Mridha

#27. When a wall is slowly covered over by earth, the materials it's made from decay and become part of the soils around and above it, sometimes causing vegetation above and next to the wall to grow faster or slower. Satellite imagery helps archaeologists to pick up these subtle changes.

Sarah Parcak