172 Hug Quotes

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Famous Hug Quotes

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. - Bil Keane

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. — Bil Keane

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. - Leo Buscaglia

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. — Leo Buscaglia

Hugs can do great amounts of good -- especially for children. - Princess of Wales Diana

Hugs can do great amounts of good -- especially for children. — Princess of Wales Diana

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children. - Princess Diana

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children. — Princess Diana

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! — Drew Barrymore

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart. — Steve Irwin

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. — Bil Keane

The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms. — Hildegard of Bingen

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. — Maya Angelou

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth. — Virginia Satir

Hug me till you drug me, honey; Kiss me till I'm in a coma. — Aldous Huxley

Snuggle in God's arms. When you are hurting, when you feel lonely, left out. let Him cradle you, comfort you, reassure you of His all-sufficient power and love. — Kay Arthur

No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Many of us actually feel the most loved when we're hugged, when we're embraced, and when we're cared for physically. — Jay Shetty

Sometimes, the girls hug all boys except me, and I just smile, but it hurts. — Niall Horan

Short Hug Quotes

  • Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. — Natalie Portman
  • Handshakes and hugs will always trump likes and shares. — C.C. Chapman
  • With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world. — Alfred De Musset
  • Tell me one friend you haven't looked at with hatred and then hugged the next day. — Joe Gatto
  • I have no problem if someone wants to hug me - if I know him! — Jurgen Klopp
  • There are so many people in the world that love you… stop focusing on those who don’t. — Russell Brunson
  • If you’re going to love someone or something then don’t be a slow leaking faucet – be a hurricane. — Shannon Alder
  • I don't know, it's odd that girls ask if they can hug me. Don't ask, do it. I'm just a regular guy — Niall Horan
  • Love on its worst day conquers hate on its best day. — Matshona Dhliwayo
  • The motto goes: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll. I prefer: Love, Hugs and Hip-Hop Soul. — Daniel Dumile

Hug Image Quotes

Hug quote The best thing in life are free.
The best thing in life are free.

Warm Hug Quotes

Poseidon held out his arms and gave me a hug. I realized, a little embarrassed, that I'd never actually hugged my dad before. He was warm—like a regular human—and he smelled of a salty beach and fresh sea air. — Rick Riordan

British food is a celebration of comfort eating. Our traditional savoury recipes are all about warmth and sustenance, our puddings a roll call of sweet jollity, our cakes are deep and cosy. We appear to be a nation in need of a big, warm hug. — Nigel Slater

Ah, it was a fine night, a warm night, a wine-drinking night, a moony night, and a night to hug your girl and talk and spit and be heavengoing. — Jack Kerouac

Hug quote One day someone is going to hug you so tight that all of your broken pieces will stick back together
One day someone is going to hug you so tight that all of your broken pieces will stick back together.

For some students, school is the only place where they get a hot meal and a warm hug. Teachers are sometimes the only ones who tell our children they can go from an Indian reservation to the Ivy League, from the home of a struggling single mom to the White House. — Denise Juneau

You could ask for hugs if you were feeling sad or you'd hurt yourself, but when it happened spontaneously it made you feel warm inside. — Mark Haddon

Like it or not, I've come to appreciate soccer. Any kid can play, which fits with the inclusive agenda of progressive schools. Although the corollary to 'any kid can play' is that every kid must play because there is an iron grip to the warm hug of progressive inclusionism. — P. J. O'Rourke

Hug quote A hug is a perfect gift. You can exchange it anytime.
A hug is a perfect gift. You can exchange it anytime.

On my football field, I know what bliss is. My team cuddles more than the missus. We won't inject drugs, just oodles of hugs. I warm up my team with some kisses. — Bill Kurtis

Creativity is connected to your passion, that light inside you that drives you. . . . Your creativity is not a bad boyfriend. It is a really warm older Hispanic lady who has a beautiful laugh and loves to hug. — Amy Poehler

She liked that word: we. It sounded warm and open, like a hug. — Lauren Oliver

I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figure something out." Liesl managed to smile at him. She liked that word: *we*. It sounded warm and open, like a hug. — Lauren Oliver

Tight Hug Quotes

I am waiting for the day when I will see you again and hold your soft hands, touch your sweet lips and hug you tight so that you will never leave me again. — Mercy Johnson

Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter ? hug ?em so tight they can?t wiggle. — Lyndon B. Johnson

And I would stop and take you in, all of you, and when our eyes lock we'd just stare into each other's souls and all of the lost time would come out in the shape of a big smile, a few tears and a tight hug that feels like...I don't know, it would feel like home. — Morgan Parker

Hug quote They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

Love is: Bringing a blanket when someone's asleep. Giving the last piece of food to the other person. Staying awake to listen to them when you are dead tired. Hugging them tightly when they need it the most. — Carlos Salinas

Kim [Kardashian]'s style is very sexy - she loves anything tight that hugs her body - and she's also very trendy. — Kim Kardashian

The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job. — Edith Wharton

Hug quote Hug harder, laugh louder, smile bigger, love longer !
Hug harder, laugh louder, smile bigger, love longer !

He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over. — Pete Wentz

She flew into his arms. Held on tight as he swung her off her feet and hugged her so hard it hurt. She didn't care. She didn't want him to ever let go. — Cindy Gerard

Whoa!" she says as I plow into her. " What are you DOING? Get off me!" I hang on tight. "Can't a girl just hug her big sister?" She stops fighting me. "Are you dying? Am I dying? Did Grandma die? I laugh. "No one died." "Then get off! — Wendy Mass

Schuyler pulled Oliver close and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go. — Melissa de la Cruz

Big Hug Quotes

I feel I must fight for [my music], because I want women to turn their minds to big and difficult jobs; not just to go on hugging the shore, afraid to put out to sea. — Ethel Smyth

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart. I've had these blokes in Hollywood hug me trying to make out I'm their friend and as soon as I turn their back they take out a big bunch of knives and stab me in the back. I feel sorry for these people because they are so shallow. — Steve Irwin

God loves you. God doesn't want anyone to be hungry and oppressed. He just puts his big arms around everybody and hugs them up against himself. — Norman Vincent Peale

Hug quote Never let your kids walk away without a hug and a kiss.
Never let your kids walk away without a hug and a kiss.

The last time I cried? My godchildren went to see Taylor Swift in concert and got to meet her. They literally ran toward her and hugged her, and it was amazing. I got big bonus points for it. I'll remind them when they're teenagers. — Michelle Dockery

...the world feels so big when you're out in the wide open. It's like you don't have a place in it when you don't have a home." "Your place is right here," I whispered, laying down and hugging her close. — Gayle Forman

If you're tempted to believe with Governor Cuomo that government is just like Mom and Pop rather than Big Brother, just ask yourself one question: When was the last time all the IRS wanted from you was a hug and a kiss. — Paul Laxalt

Hug quote It's about posting it forward. All digital leaders have mastered the art of posting-it-forward. Digi
It's about posting it forward. All digital leaders have mastered the art of posting-it-forward. Digital hugs" are crucial in a world with decreased face time. You may feel pretty confident in your face-to-face skills, but have you mastered digital messaging? The power of posting-it-forward is monumental. In fact, you will attract more followers digitally in two days than you will in two months if you show interest in your audience versus trying to get them interested in you.

What's cool about baseball is you don't have to see someone for years, but when you see them, you just hustle up and give them a big hug. Those friendships endure. — Jim Abbott

Fran McDormand was great because she said, 'What I used to do when I worked with him was I would just walk on the set and I would give him a big hug. Somehow his guard would just drop.' So I took that advice. — Charlize Theron

Hany Abu-Assad was sitting next to me, and his film 'Paradise Now' had won the Golden Globe. He said to me at the Globes, 'Paradise now, talk to you later.' [laughs] I gave him a big hug for that. — Gavin Hood

I can still impress my family, yeah. In fact, I always text my family when I meet someone famous. I ran into Anna Faris and I texted my niece, and I said "Just hugged it out with Anna Faris," and she was like, "Oh my God! OMG! OMG!" She got a big kick out of it. — Jane Lynch

Your Hug Quotes

Life is beautiful. Be thankful for everything. Destroy your ego. Free hugs. Sing your hearts out in the street. Rock ‘n roll. — Ariana Grande

You could spend hours of your day worrying about every single thing that goes in your mouth, or maybe you just go and give your mom a hug. — Tommy Wood

Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon." "Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug. Percy stifled a laugh. "Actually he's more like a great-great-...Oh, never mind. Yeah, he's your brother." "Thanks." Frank mumbled through a mouthful of flannel. — Rick Riordan

Hopes were wallflowers. Hopes hugged the perimeter of a dance floor in your brain, tugging at their party lace, all perfume and hems and doomed expectation. They fanned their dance cards, these guests that pressed against the walls of your heart. — Karen Russell

Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you. — Jacques Prevert

Cute is when your personality shines through your looks. Like, when you see someone's personality in the way they walk and you just feel like hugging them every time you see them. — Natalie Portman

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. — Deb Caletti

Prosthetics just felt very foreign to me: You wear them on your shoulders, strap them to your chest, and they're heavy and uncomfortable. If someone gave you a hug, you'd miss that touch. They were more like a cage for me. — Jessica Cox

Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug. — Q-Tip

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness. — Jean Giraudoux

Friendship Hug Quotes

To be honest with you, I don't have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart; a heart that's aching to see you smile again. — Laura Ortiz

The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it. — Marge Piercy

[My father] was generous with his affection, given to great, awkward, engulfing hugs, and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs, all starched shirt, tobacco, Old Spice, and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since. — Linda Ellerbee

Oh, what is the matter with poor Puggy-Wug? Pet him and kiss him and give him a hug. Run and fetch him a suitable drug. Wrap him up tenderly all in a rug. That is the way to cure Puggy-Wug. — Winston Churchill

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit. — Bradley Chicho

Beatings from a friend are better than kisses from an enemy. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Mother Hug Quotes

The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug. — Cathy Guisewite

No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

There were people I know that got upset that I kissed people; I kissed them for luck and love, that's all. That's what my mother did to me. There were people upset that I would embrace or hug someone of another color. — Richard Dawson

ETHNOMAGNETISM: The tendency of young people to live in emotionally demonstrative, more unrestrained ethnic neighborhoods: 'You wouldn't understand it there, mother - they hug where I live now.' — Douglas Coupland

I wanted to make sure that I did one movie in my career that mothers hug me for. — Adam Sandler

When you hold a child in your arms, or hug your mother, or your husband, or your friend, if you breathe in and out three times, your happiness will be multiplied at least tenfold. — Nhat Hanh

There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like. — George W. Bush

I'm urgin all daughters to kiss their mothers with those lips that all that lipstick covers. You never too grown up to miss and hug her. — Drake

Hug your children...Kiss your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters. Tell them how much you love them, every day. Because every day is the last day. Every light casts a shadow. And only the gods know when the darkness will find us. — Seth Grahame-Smith

I only really ever hug my mother. Is this okay?” he asked. I laughed. “It’s hard to get a hug wrong. — Kiera Cass

Hug You Quotes

Therapy is about every kids nightmare when people are telling you that you need to get help but all you really want is a hug. — Alex Gaskarth

Oxytocin connects us to other people; oxytocin makes us feel what other people feel. And it's easy to cause people's brains to release oxytocin. Let me show you. Come here. Give me a hug. — Paul Zak

Oxytocin connects us to other people; oxytocin makes us feel what other people feel. And it's easy to cause people's brains to release oxytocin. Let me show you. Come here. Give me a hug. — Paul J. Zak

Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different. — Brian Johnson

HIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it. — Princess Diana

I can’t find the words to express how much I love you. So take this tear from my cheek, and know that it was shed for you. — Edward Barber

…and to all you other cats and chicks out there, sweet or otherwise, buried deep in wordy tombs, who never yet have walked from off the page, a shake and a hug and a kiss and a drink. Cheers! — Gilbert Sorrentino

A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness. — Ingrid Bergman

Coach Bryant, before you start hugging me, you ought to know that my boys are fixing to get after y'all's ass. — Pat Dye

We danced too wild, and we sang too long, and we hugged too hard, and we kissed too sweet, and howled just as loud as we wanted to howl, because by now we were all old enough to know that what looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight. — Pearl Cleage

Hug Me Quotes

A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off. — Amy Lee

There are all of these people that say, my mommy doesn't love me enough, my daddy doesn't hug me enough. There are some people that would want to coddle them somewhere. I want them to shut up and stop whining. — Danny Bonaduce

Whenever someone calls me ugly I get super sad and hug them, because I know how tough life is for the visually impaired. — Will Ferrell

I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, ... I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it.' — Diego Maradona

Give me a kiss to build a dream on And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss Sweetheart, I ask no more than this A kiss to build a dream on. — Louis Armstrong

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island. — Gerry Adams

If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me? — 50 Cent

If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now. — Ray Romano

Hugs are great, but - better than drugs? Come on. Let me put it to you this way: I never drove to Harlem at 4 a.m. to get somebody to hug me. — Artie Lange

It was so cute and she was so shy. Someone told me that Randy Orton went up and hugged her and she wouldn't let go. It was kind of cute. — The Miz

I Need A Hug Quotes

I think people need to understand that deep learning is making a lot of things, behind-the-scenes, much better. Deep learning is already working in Google search, and in image search; it allows you to image search a term like "hug." — Geoffrey Hinton

I see the invisible spirits, where demons still find it livable. I need a hug to hold my soul inside my body. — Lisa Lopes

When anyone calls you out for something you have done in your life and you're just on a journey to be authentic, to live in your own skin better, man, it makes you feel extremely special. I think that any time you're making huge steps in your life - I always say I need lots of hugs to feel special. — Ty Herndon

I'm quite shocked and have been for quite a while as for the way people are treating each other. That's why I go out and I speak for the hungry, and if I see somebody needs a hug during the day, I'll go and give them a hug, and I think we should all use a little bit more of that. — Kelly LeBrock

I think actors, they maybe want more approval than I'm used to giving. Everybody does. Everybody needs a hug you know, all the time. I'm not very good at that. I could get better at that. — Timothy Miller

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards. — Juno Temple

If I want to know how I'm doing at work, I don't wait for a pat on the back; I ask the people who will give me a clear, objective opinion. When I need a real, arms-wrapped-around-me hug, I go to someone who does that. I stopped getting disappointed by my expectations from non-huggers. — Chandra Wilson

Any instructions?” Carpenter said. “Yeah,” Shane said. “Shoot anybody who looks at Agnes funny. And anybody else you don’t like. I’m getting tired of this shi*.” “Somebody needs a hug,” Carpenter said. “Humor,” Shane said. “Har. — Jennifer Crusie

Hugging Quotes

Relax. Refresh. Renew. Play. Sing. Laugh. Enjoy. Forgive. Dance. Love. Hug. Share. Kiss. Create. Explore. Hope. Listen. Dare. Trust. Dream. Learn. TODAY! — Steve Maraboli

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins. — Shel Silverstein

Woman has so long been subject to the disabilities and restrictions with which her progress has been embarrassed that she has become enervated, her mind to some extent paralyzed; and like those still more degraded by personal bondage she hugs her chains. — Lucretia Mott

The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway. — Rachel Maddow

Within each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of a smile, a handshake, or a hug, through laughter and unspoken demonstrations of love. It comes in the quiet, reverent moments of soft conversation and in listening. — William R. Bradford

Authentic men aren't afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they're sad, admit it when they're wrong, and ask for help when they need it. — Charles R. Swindoll

Cherish all. Depend on few. Hurt none. Love everyone. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. — Joseph Conrad

People say that I'm a tree hugger, but I do a lot more than hug trees. I like having my drinking water without faecal matter, that's really nice. Or acceptable levels of strychnine. I'm an air breather, I've gotten used to that over the years. — Robin Williams

The coming years will prove increasingly cynical and cruel. People will definitely not slip into oblivion while hugging each other. The final stages in the life of humanity will be marked by the monstrous war of all against all: the amount of suffering will be maximal. — Pentti Linkola

Bear Hugs Quotes

He who hugs too much, hugs badly! — Jeanne Calment

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps. — Harold MacMillan

Depend upon it, since Satan could not kill the church by roaring at her like a lion, he is now trying to crush her by hugging her like a bear. — Charles Spurgeon

It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only to find a big bear hug coming his way. — Criss Jami

The little dictator who went to Moscow in his green fatigues to receive a bear hug did not forsake the doctrine of Lenin when he returned to the West and appeared in a two-piece suit. (On Daniel Ortega Saavedra) — Ronald Reagan

Girl, I'm going to show you the bear in hug. — Becca Fitzpatrick

I took his hand, and suddely he yanked me―too roughly―right off the bed so that I thudded against his chest. "Just in case," he muttered against my hair, crushing me in a bear hug that about to broke my ribs. "Can't―breathe!" I gasped. — Stephenie Meyer

(She grabbed him for a bear hug.) Stop sexually harassing me, Mom. (Nick) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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More Hug Quotes

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. — Og Mandino

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. — Maya Angelou

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