Vivacity Quotes
Mrs. Ewing was a short woman who accepted the obligation borne by so many short women to make up in vivacity what they lack in number of inches from the ground.
We prefer a person with vivacity and high spirits, though bordering upon insolence, to the timid and pusillanimous; we are fonder of wit joined to malice than of dullness without it.
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.
PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.
I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had.
Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus.
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.
It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.
swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the coxcomb.
Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.
I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.
A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.