Lightly Quotes

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Thomas Paine

Everything, Value, Cheap

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Rabindranath Tagore

Life, Time, Dance

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
Thomas Paine

Esteem, Easily, Obtain

He who has great power should use it lightly.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
Thucydides

War, Happy, Brave

People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly.
Wynton Marsalis

Time, Money, Down

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
Sophocles

My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.
Paul McCartney

School, Old, Talk

I'm honest about the journey I've been on, so I definitely don't take dating lightly anymore.
Demi Lovato

Dating, Honest, Journey

At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.
Rod Stewart

Age, Fatherhood

It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
Betty White

Life, Humor, Yourself

There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to.
V. S. Naipaul

Confederation is a compact, made originally by four provinces but adhered to by all the nine provinces who have entered it, and I submit to the judgment of this house and to the best consideration of its members, that this compact should not be lightly altered.
Wilfrid Laurier

Best, Made, House

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.
Joan Collins

Days, Gentleman, Hand

Most people I know are not hard-core religious people. They are what I would call 'lightly religious.' So I don't buy the notion that we can't laugh about religion in America.
Trey Parker

Religion, Laugh, America

If you're going to saute something, lightly spray olive oil in the pan or on veggies before you serve them. It adds a nice flavor. We grill a lot, so I'll use a little on my corn or my shrimp.
Alison Sweeney

Nice, Before, Serve

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.
Sarah McLachlan

I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece.
Jennifer Lawrence

Movies, Book, Everything

An eating disorder is serious and it's a disease, and I don't think you can lightly say that someone has a disease unless they're openly telling you that they do.
Nicole Richie

Someone, Serious, Unless

I don't always prepare such rich meals. Sometimes I'll just serve a simple quiche, salad and dessert for dinner. During the week I try to eat lightly.
Paul Lynde

Simple, Try, Rich

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.
Robin Gibb

Suddenly, Matured, Realised

Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
Gary Bauer

Life, Justice, Become

I find it difficult to believe that words have no meaning in themselves, hard as I try. Habits of a lifetime are not lightly thrown aside.
Stuart Chase

Hard, Words, Find

Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
Frances O'Grady

Work, Strong, Decision

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
Polly Toynbee

Happiness, Politics, Hard

A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.
Walter Pater

Poetry, Important, Sense

Believe me, I don't take that lightly. To have struck gold twice with 'Rent' and 'Wicked.' I know it's rare and I'm very lucky to have that kind of phenomenon in my life. They're not just great shows, they're shows that resonate with young audiences.
Idina Menzel

Life, Great, Young

The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
Gloria Estefan

Life, Cannot, Taken

There's a lot of people that fought for their country and that's not something to be taken lightly. They gave their life, everything they had, they gave their lives, to give us what we have. That's why I'm so passionate about my beliefs - because someone died.
Luke Scott

Life, Someone, Everything

I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.
Howard Hodgkin

Picture, Seriously, Paint

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