Smirk Quotes

• I have started smiling! I've mastered this smirk; it's a smile that isn't a smile.

  Victoria Beckham

  Funny, Dumb

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• There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

  Charles Dickens

  Art, Pain, Two

  Nicholas Nickleby ch. 10 (1839)

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• Every morning I wake up with a purpose and a smirk

  Regina Spektor

  Morning, Purpose, Wake Up

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• Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again

  Jane Austen

  Giving, May, Rational

  Jane Austen (2009). “Northanger Abbey”, p.13, Wild Jot Press

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• There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Half, Lips, Enough

  Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.82, Macmillan

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• Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.

  Mason Cooley

  Self, Crowns, Thorns

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• I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is the way people look when they are lost in thought, when their face becomes angry or serious, when they bite their lip, the way they glance, the way they look down when they walk, when they are alone and smoking a cigarette, when they smirk, the way they half smile, the way they try and hold back tears, the way when their face says they want to say something but can’t, the way they look at someone they want or love… I love the way people look when they do these things. It’s… beautiful.

  Clemence Poesy

  Beautiful, Interesting, People

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• Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Giving, Speak, Poet

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• It is horrid to smirk.

  Helen Fielding

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• Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something.

  Terry Pratchett

  Trust, Pyramids, Grinning

  "Pyramids" by Terry Pratchett, Harper, (p. 171), January 2008.

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• I don't fear death; I welcome it with open arms and a smirk. But until that wondrous day, I will continue to savor and celebrate all those who have graduated before me.

  Nikki Sixx

  Arms, Welcome, Fear Of Death

  Nikki Sixx (2011). “This Is Gonna Hurt (Enhanced Edition): Music, Photography and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased with himself as he leaves the boudoir of a lady.

  Honore de Balzac

  Funny, Humorous, Men

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• Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho responded, a smirk flashing across his face. "Real piece of work, this guy. I gotta get me one of those shuck suits. Fancy stuff." "Am I awake?" Thomas asked. "You're awake. Now eat—you look horrible. Almost as bad as Rat Man over there, reading his book.

  James Dashner

  Real, Book, Reading

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• Oh, painted smirk of a hopeless dawn, the girl is still wearing her breeches.

  Frances Hardinge

  Girl, Dawn, Hopeless

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• Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was all smiles, well smirks, after picking up the endorsement of former Vice President Al Gore at a rally in Harlem ... Gore went on to praise Dean for taking a tough anti-war stance before the invasion of Iraq and he praised Dean supporters in hopes that will ease his concerns over lack of foreign policy experience, and his lack of support among blacks and Latinos, and his hot temperament, and perceived arrogance, and policy flip-flops, and campaign glitches. Well, there's a lot going on here.

  Jon Stewart

  War, Iraq, Support

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• What's up?" Christian asked. "Need some hairstyling tips?" "Tips you stole from me? No thanks. But I hear you've got a really good bacon meatloaf recipe." It was worth it then and there to see his complete and total surprise. "Since when do you cook?" he finally managed to stammer. "Oh, you know. I'm a Renaissance man. I do it all. Send it if you've got it, and I'll give it a try. I'll let you know if I make any improvements." His smirk returned. "Are you trying to impress a girl?" "With cooking?" I pointed at my face. "This is all it takes, Ozera.

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Christian, Men

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• The big occurrences in life, the serious ones, have for me always been nearly impossible to recognize because they never feel big or serious. In the moment, you have to pee, your arm itches, or what people are saying strikes you as melodramatic or sentimental, and it's hard not to smirk. You have a sense of what this type of situation should be like - for one thing, all-consuming - and this isn't it. But then you look back, and it was that; it did happen.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  People, Sentimental, Serious

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• Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Uplifting, Strong, Atheist

  Christopher Hitchens (2011). “God is Not Great”, p.51, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Did you ever meet someone named Caleb?" I say. 'Caleb," Fernando says. "Yes, there was a Caleb in my initiate class. Brilliant, but he was... what's the colloquial term for it? A suck-up." he smirks.

  Veronica Roth

  Class, Brilliant, Caleb

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• That's Collin."She panicked."He can't see you!" Don't tell me you're afraid of your own brother?"Staton seemed to think that was funny.She hated the smirk that crept over his face. She shoved him."You want Collin to kill you?Hide." That made him laugh louder."Kill me?" Stop it,"she warned him,or he'll hear you." You think I should be afraid of your brother?I'm immortal." Collin's heavy steps filled the downstairs hallway.Her heart raced.Why was life so complicated?

  Lynne Ewing

  Brother, Heart, Thinking

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• Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Solemn

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel”, p.175, Macmillan

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• Annabeth didn’t want to sleep, but her body betrayed her. Her eyelids turned to lead. “Percy, wake me for second watch. Don’t be a hero.” He gave her that smirk she’d come to love. “Who, me?” He kissed her, his lips parched and feverishly warm. “Sleep.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Sleep, Watches

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• Once born into childlike faith, brimming with belief, typical people begin to lose their faith. Society mocks them. Their friends smirk. They come to change the world, but over time the world changes them. Soon they forget who they were; they forget the faith they once had. Then one day someone tells them the truth, but they don’t want to go back, because they’re comfortable in their new skin. Being a stranger in this world is never easy.

  Ted Dekker

  People, Skins, One Day

  Ted Dekker (2012). “The Paradise Trilogy”, p.649, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. "Hey, Peter," I say, " Remember what a target is?

  Veronica Roth

  Missing, Target, Hey

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.76, Harper Collins

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• The prison scandal is really hurting President Bush's poll numbers. In fact, I hear he's already working on his concession smirk.

  Craig Kilborn

  Hurt, Numbers, President

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