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All Nature wears one universal grin. -- Henry Fielding
I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin. -- Wavy Gravy
Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face. -- Arthur Koestler
The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin. -- Ogden Nash
I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't. -- Gary Numan
Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin. -- Madeleine Stowe
Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it. -- Clint Eastwood
Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude. -- Frank Muir
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can. -- Winston Churchill
I've got such a disgusting, wide, smug grin on my face all the time that my friends just want to slap me. I've never been so happy. -- Holly Valance
There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse. -- William James
I don't do emoticons unless I'm making a big deal out of them. I'll type out, 'This is so amusing it makes me want to grin in pixels.' And then do it. -- Sloane Crosley
The United States are ruled by a financial, media-centered, military-industrial apparatus. Behind Obama's grin, he orders bombings. He just displays a different image than Bush. That's how he expands U.S. global domination. -- Nicolas Maduro
The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin. -- Jean Baudrillard
We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Weezer's 'El Scorcho.' I'm in a '90s cover band called 'Straight 2 Video' with members of the crew from 'The Vampire Diaries,' and we played this song at our wrap party. I grin from ear to ear every time I scream this song in my car. -- Candice Accola
It's tough being a dictator, but I've always thought it must be tougher being a hanger-on to a dictator. The late nights spent listening to his crazed ranting, the weary rictus grin from smiling at bad jokes, the draining knowledge that one misjudged comment could land you on the chopping block. -- John Niven
Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad. -- Aravind Adiga
I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired. -- Yvonne Strahovski
'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR. -- Larry Hagman
Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!' -- Esther Rolle
The pimp has a grin, never a smile. -- Jean Genet
I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin -- Wavy Gravy
PROPAGANDA (PROP-A-GANDER)An evil grin behind a smiling clown's maskKamil Ali -- Kamil Ali
My brother broke into a toothy grin. "Yay! Your brain works! -- Rick Riordan
My hopes for pie died on the sidewalk. There went my grin. -- Carrie Butler
Many dogs will give a greeting grin much like a human smile. -- Richard A. Clarke
He bared his teeth in a happy feral grin. My own personal psycho. -- Ilona Andrews
Nothing is more intimidating than an idiotic grin worn by a manifest non-idiot. -- Eric Frank Russell
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Thomas has the kind of whiter-than-white boyish grin that makes women's panties spontaneously evaporate. -- Jim Butcher
But even though there were plenty of teeth in the grin, there was no heart. -- Eoin Colfer
For of all hard things to bear and grin, / The hardest is knowing you're taken in. -- Phoebe Cary
I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping. -- James Patterson
Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit. -- Sam Snead
Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry draws one out. -- John Wolcot
If at all God's gaze falls upon us all it's with a mischievous grin, look at him. -- Dave Matthews
I made a wish on a sliver of moonlightA sly grin and a bowl full of stars -- Tom Waits
Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white. -- John Brown
Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin. -- Christian Nestell Bovee
You can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been, it's all been a pack of lies. -- Phil Collins
Told you I was going to mess up your make up," he said, a smug grin on his face. -- Kiersten White
Live a life that will make you look back in old age at your life and grin in satisfaction. -- Sunday Adelaja
He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There's nothing quite as funny as someone else's misery. -- Holly Black
Meditation does not mean you have to grin every moment of your life, but to learn to let your bones smile. -- Jaggi Vasudev
Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket. -- Ambrose Bierce
You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey. -- Bill Murray
I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control? -- Laurell K. Hamilton
He hands you a nickel, he hands you a dime. He asks you with a grin, if you're having a good time. -- Bob Dylan
I haven't ever had any ambition in my life. I just drift from day to day with a stupid grin on my face. -- Ian Gillan
Hey, man. Where have you been? (Dev) Out and about. You? (Talon) (Dev gave him a wicked grin.) Mostly in and out. (Dev) -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
She killed Lorena in a fight?" Eric's grin grew even broader. He was as proud as if he'd heard his firstborn reciting Shakespeare. -- Charlaine Harris
Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I'm only looking at a friend. -- Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lord Kane beat me up," one said with a grin. There was blood on his teeth. "Did you see?" "Best. Night. Ever. -- Gena Showalter
Love is a grin, a look in the eye whispering what are we doing, appearing in silly arguments had for the sake of them. -- Craig Stone
Perhaps the apparent favor of the universe is no more than the crocodile grin of a Doberman breathing hard and about to be hungry? -- Jorge Luis Borges
That's because Tod never brings anything but death and bad advice," I snapped. "That's not true." Tod tried to grin, "Sometimes I bring pizza. -- Rachel Vincent
I risk a grin at the thought. Because there's a part of me that likes that idea. Get out of town and never look back. -- Daisy Whitney
Did you ever want something really bad and then when you finally got it all you could do was stand there and grin at it? -- Pete Seeger
I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter. -- Beverly Sills
With a savage grin, he let out an inhuman roar of bloodlust and threw himself into an unholy orgy of blood, fangs, claws, and death. -- Alan Kinross
The idea I'd been toying with fully formed in my mind. "I'm plotting." "oh?" His mouth curved in a wicked grin. "Do Tell." Chapter 5 pg. 50 -- Sylvia Day
Hey Rose, welcome back. You still breaking hearts?" "Are you volunteering?" His grin widened." Let's hang out sometime and find out. If you ever get parole. -- Richelle Mead
Splendid,' AbbÃ© Patin said with a sheepish grin, pulling up alongside. 'There is nothing quite so thrilling as riding in fear of one's life. -- Sandra Gulland
What's that?" he asked, when I stood beside him again. "Halos," I said with a grin. "For heavenly creatures like us." "That might be a stretch. -- Richelle Mead
Dismantle your friend to see how he behaves. If he smiles with a beautiful grin, then take him back, he's worthy to be called a friend. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
I've got a secret for you," she whispered with n unpleasant grin on her face, "Something terrible is going to happen. Something terrible... and something wonderful. -- Neal Shusterman
I believe you have my umbrella" he says, almost out of breath but wearing a grin that has too much wolf in it to be properly sheepish. -- Erin Morgenstern
Bad day?" "Every day is a bad day here." "Eh, this place isnt't so terrible." "How are you always cheerful?" "Alcohol," he says with a sideways grin. -- Pittacus Lore
What valor were it, when a cur doth grin, for one to thrust his hand between his teeth, when he might spurn him with his foot away? -- William Shakespeare
The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in, says he with a grin, That the bluebird an' phoebe are smarter 'n we be? -- John Townsend Trowbridge
He passes, struck by the stare of truculent Wellington but in the convex mirror grin unstruck the bonham eyes and fatchuck cheekchops of Jollypoldy the rixdix doldy. -- James Joyce
See?" I'd whispered to Bones, nudging him with a grin. "He never argues with her. Isn't that sweet?" A snort preceded his response. "Keep dreaming, pet. -- Jeaniene Frost
I have often seen a cat without a grin - but a grin without a cat - remember the cat kept appearing and disappearing slowly bit by bit. -- Lewis Carroll
I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them. -- Marie Lu
What...what are you doing?" "I won't know," he said with a grin. He took a step towards me. "But I'm pretty sure you were doing it too. -- Richelle Mead
We didn't die,' she said. Of course not. I'm too clever to die, and you're too pretty.' I am pretty,' Valkryie said, managing a grin. -- Derek Landy
Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life! -- Lewis Carroll
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A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know that only death has a rictus. -- Joseph Roth
His eyes danced like a teenager. "Eat anyone alive today?" her father joked.Ruby returned his wicked grin and sauntered into the living room. "Not today, but tomorrow's another day. -- Stephanie Greenhalgh
Willa's big blue eyes, Willa's dimpled-cheeked smile. Tiffin's shaggy blond mane, Tiffin's cheeky grin. Kit's yells of excitement, Kit's glow of pride. Maya's face, Maya's kisses, Maya's love. Maya, Maya, Maya . . . -- Tabitha Suzuma
To watch the dawn emerge from the night undoubtedly gives a heavenly feeling! The fresh sun rays entwine with the dark horizon and peep out of the creek with tranquil grin. -- Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal
Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: deliciousness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good. -- Mariska Hargitay
Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good. -- Mariska Hargitay
I feel a strange sensation brewing inside of me. It tickles my throat and forces my lips into a grin. Before I can stifle it, I giggle. And then I laugh. -- Kristen Simmons
Everyone got behind Fox, the name the guys had dubbed the red truck."Fox?" I asked, raising an eyebrow."Yeah," Isaac said with a grin. "Our truck is hot, like Megan Fox. -- Ali Novak
How long?" His smile was amazingly sweet. "The longest." For ever?" Sam's lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie. "Longer. -- Maggie Stiefvater
There's enchantment in a smile, did you know?Shall I prove in a wink that it is so?Watch my mouth grin wide and see,How quick your lips smile back at me! -- Richelle E. Goodrich
A wicked grin crinkled one corner of his mouth as he secured another sticky note on the door before shutting it in my face.I blinked, then read the note. Use the key. -- Darynda Jones
My boyfriends have all been as stoical as queen's guards. They'd been patient, committed, and dispassionate, and I'd had to really debase myself to extract any emotion, either grin or grimace, from them. -- Koren Zailckas
Missing you?" she giggled incredulously. "I could cheerfully murder you." "I'd come back to haunt you," he threatened with a grin. "And that," she said, "is the only reason why I haven't tried. -- Judith McNaught
One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed. -- Julia Child
Marmite - like that other little black-jar job, Bovril - is so much a Mark 1 staple-of-Empire brand, so much part of the Edwardian world of enamel advertising signs, the history of grin-and-bear-it industrial food. -- Peter York
Personally. My mother digs a smile into the side of her cheekI'm rooting for Logan.Logan produces a grin that suggests he's the cat that ate the canary, and suddenly I'm feeling rather canary-ish. -- Addison Moore
She held up the pen and gave him a lazy grin. "It's a rose."He came close. "It's a pen." He tried to pluck it from her hand."You are seriously lacking in imagination. -- Ronie Kendig
Ben made me laugh. I was attracted to his attraction for me: the way he smiled for instance, whenever he saw me, that goofy kind of grin that hijacks the face of the helplessly smitten. -- Cheryl Drake Harris
"All right", said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone. -- Lewis Carroll
All right," said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone. -- Lewis Carroll
It's easy to grin / When your ship comes in / And you've got the stock market beat. / But the man worthwhile, / Is the man who can smile, / When his shorts are too tight in the seat. -- Ted Knight
So, he, uhm, all ac/ac, or a little ac/dc?" she asked, blushing, and Chase's grin about swallowed his face."He claims to be ac/dc," he said, watching her face light up completely. -- Amy Lane
I'd still be nice to you if you were ugly." "Okay." A wicked grin slipped over his full lips. He bent his head down and whispered, "I just wouldn't offer you any cookies. -- J. Lynn
Cecil flashed a grin. "Quite. Plus your rather irritating habit of treating your superior officers as your, ah..." Cecil paused, apparently groping again for just the right word. "Equals?" Miles hazarded. "Cattle," Cecil corrected judiciously. -- Lois McMaster Bujold

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