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Fondly Quotes

Warm memory, held a little differently by each speaker.

Fond memory takes different shapes here - someone recalling their mid-twenties, when 'the world was your oyster,' next to a simple admission of fondly remembering an old TV show. Even politics gets this treatment, with mixed feelings looked Back on rather than resolved.

Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.

Quotes by Whitley Strieber

Many people have fond memories of 'The Monkees.' I fondly remember it, too.

Quotes by Micky Dolenz

Kids should feel afraid of 'Doctor Who.' All the adults I've talked to remember fondly being afraid when they were kids. That's part of the reason they remember it and love it. And if you're afraid in a controlled way,...

Quotes by Matt Smith

I have to say, not a day goes by when I don't think fondly about 'Deadwood' and miss things about it.

Quotes by Kim Dickens

Able Quotes

I look so fondly back on that time in my life when you first got an agent and you were in your mid-twenties and the world was your oyster.

Quotes by Katie Lowes

Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency.

Quotes by Jonah Goldberg

The first record we made in three days. We literally stayed up for three days making the first album. It was crazy, crazy, crazy for us to do that. We couldn't believe anyone would give us a record deal. I...

Quotes by John Rzeznik

Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on 'Superman's Girlfriend,' 'Lois Lane,' 'Adventure Comics' and pretty much any title in the Superman family will be fondly remembered for years to come. He will be missed.

Quotes by Jim Lee

His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected.

Quotes by Emma Willard

Adventure Quotes

Because of the nature of King Arthur and the resonance he has, not only with within the U.K., but right around the world, I have found it a huge honour to play the part. I will look back on it...

Quotes by Bradley James

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring! To this small nook of earth; Feeling and fancy fondly cling, Round thoughts which owe their birth, To thee, and to the humble spot, Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.

Quotes by Bernard Barton

Many luckless people imagine that romance is dead: some, overcivilised, fondly suppose that there never was romance: a poet tells us that romance is unrecognised though really present: but scientists can meet him daily, walking at large and undisguised in...

Quotes by Archibald Hill

Any soldier deployed overseas will think fondly of home. It is only right and fair that they are able to settle back into a home life once they leave their service.

Quotes by Anna Soubry

Frequently Asked Questions

What theme runs through this Fondly quotes page?
Nostalgic reflection - looking back on a specific period, show, or era with warmth, even when the memory is complicated by how things turned out since.
Why do people search for quotes using the word 'fondly' specifically?
'Fondly' signals a particular emotional register - warm but not uncritical - that's more precise than generic nostalgia quotes, which is often exactly what someone reflecting on a specific memory wants.
Is every memory on this page uncomplicated?
No - one quote about Christmas nostalgia notes the holiday has become more secular and ecumenical over the years and has lost some of its original magic, showing fondness can coexist with a sense of loss.
What's a lighter example of looking back fondly here?
One speaker recalls their mid-twenties fondly, right after getting an agent, when the world felt wide open - a simple, unqualified good memory rather than a mixed one.
Does this page include any more unexpected uses of 'fondly'?
Yes - one quote notes that many conservative voters don't look back fondly on a past presidency, using the word to describe political memory rather than a personal one, worth reading alongside Back quotes on retrospection generally.

Not every memory here is uncomplicated fondness - one speaker's Christmas nostalgia has quietly faded, proof that looking back is rarely Able to stay simple for long.