Frown Quotes

You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school. - Alan Alda

You see me smile everyday, but behind closed doors, that smile is really a frown. You say my eyes sparkle, but little do you know that, that sparkle is really tears, building up. You hear me laugh, but you don't know that, that laugh only keeps me from falling apart. - Kaylynn Thompson

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher. - Dan Simmons

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down? - Eliza Cook

Why frown when you can smile? That's like choosing a swim in the arctic over a cruise with your friends. - Unknown

When someone limps through a crosswalk, I smile at them rather than frown at my watch. - Joel Davis

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown. - Robert Southwell

What money creates, money preserves: if thy wealth decays, thy honor dies; it is but a slippery happiness which fortunes can give, and frowns can take; and not worth the owning which a night's fire can melt, or a rough sea can drown. - Francis Quarles

What a fine lesson is conveyed to the mind -- to take no note of time but by its benefits, to watch only for the smiles and neglect the frowns of fate, to compose our lives of bright and gentle moments, turning always to the sunny side of things, and letting the rest slip for our imaginations, unheeded or forgotten! How different from the common art of self-tormenting! - William Hazlitt

Weeping willow with your tears running down, why do you always weep and frown? Is it because he left you one day? Is it because he could not stay? On your branches he would swing. Do you long for the happiness that day would bring? He found shelter in your shade. You thought his laughter would never fade. Weeping Willow, stop your tears, for there is something to calm your fears. You think death has ripped you forever apart, but I know he'll always be in your heart. - Unknown