(19 quotes found)
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”
C.S. Lewis
“Jolly boating weather, / And a hay harvest breeze, / Blade on the feather, / Shade off the trees.”
William Johnson Cory
“Three jolly Farmers / Once bet a pound / Each dance the other would / Off the ground.”
Walter de La Mare
“Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting.”
Craig Claiborne
“Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.”
Arnold Bennett
“There might be some credit in being jolly.”
Charles Dickens
“He was here in my office, and he was jolly and happy and talking about things affecting the county. In my service on the Board of Supervisors, I can say Donnie Lowe cared about people.”
Dan Bowling
“He was well known as a jolly and caring fellow.”
Dale Goodwin
“Jolly McCarty was one of my best friends. You never knew what he did because he did so much. He always worked behind the scenes, never taking credit for what he did. He was the ambassador for Merchants & Marine Bank and for our community.”
Carl Crawford
“Three jolly gentlemen, / In coats of red, / Rode their horses / Up to bed.”
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