„my lips never know my problem they just always smile“

„There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.“

—  Helen Keller American author and political activist 1880 - 1968

„And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own.“

—  Ralph Ellison, livro Invisible Man

Fonte: Invisible Man

„I love you," I whisper.
"And I love you." He smiles, his lips seeking mine. "Always have. Always will.“

—  Alyson Nöel, livro Evermore

Fonte: Evermore

„I see IT in the hallway. IT goes to Merryweather. IT is walking with Aubrey cheerleader. IT is my nightmare and I can't wake up. IT sees me. IT smiles and winks. Good thing my lips are stitched together or I'd throw up.“

—  Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

Fonte: Speak

„I ran. A grown man running with a swarm of screaming children. But I didn't care. I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the valley of Panjsher on my lips. I ran.“

—  Khaled Hosseini, livro The Kite Runner

Fonte: The Kite Runner (2003), P. 391

„My daddy always said that a man who walks around with a smile on his face all the time can't possibly know what's going on.“

—  Fred Thompson American politician and actor 1942 - 2015

Teaching the Pig to Dance

„I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.“

—  Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit

Fonte: No Exit

„Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.“

—  Samuel Lover Irish song-writer, novelist, and painter 1797 - 1868

Rory O' More, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

„You paint your smile on your lips.“

—  Jon Bon Jovi American singer and musician 1962

Music, Slippery When Wet (1986)

„Your scare me rather. My reflection in the glass never did that; of course, I knew it so well. Like something I had tamed… I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.“

—  Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit

Fonte: No Exit

„I had an accident."

"That seemes to happen a lot."

"It wasn't my fault."

"It never is."

"I just have bad luck."

"Or you're just trouble."

"You got a problem with that?"

"No problem at all."

"Oh my God! Are you going to help or not?“

—  Richelle Mead, livro The Fiery Heart

Fonte: The Fiery Heart

„Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of the kids. They out-number kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.“

—  Neil deGrasse Tyson American astrophysicist and science communicator 1958

Comment on "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson -- AMA", November 13, 2011 http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/mateq/i_am_neil_degrasse_tyson_ama/c2zg3g6,
2010s
Variante: Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of the kids. They out-number kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

„The saddest kind of sad is the sad that tries not to be sad. You know, when Sad tries to bite its lip and not cry and smile and go, "No, I'm happy for you?"“

—  John Mayer guitarist and singer/songwriter 1977

That's when it's really sad.
Rolling Stone magazine/iTunes podcast (December 2005)
On the "chin-up sad" tone of one of his new songs on his upcoming album "Continuum"

„Smile. it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.“

—  Jill Shalvis American writer 1963

Fonte: Head Over Heels

„Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?'
'You could wring me out,' I reply.
Cinna puts his arm around my shoulder and leads me into lunch. ' Don't worry, I always channel my emotions into my work. That way I don't hurt anyone but myself.“

—  Suzanne Collins, livro Em Chamas

Fonte: Catching Fire

„Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.“

—  Jim Butcher, livro Storm Front

Fonte: Storm Front

„I’ve got a problem with my legs, they just can’t walk past a chippy.“

—  Ricky Hatton English former professional boxer 1978

Ricky Hatton has his demons too http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A19096149?s_fromedit=1

„Change is come, and past over, no more strife, no more learning:
Now your lips and your forehead are sealed with his seal,
Look backward and smile at the thorns and the burning.
— Sweet rest, O my soul, and no fear of returning!“

—  William Morris author, designer, and craftsman 1834 - 1896

Love is Enough (1872), Song VIII: While Ye Deemed Him A-Sleeping
Contexto: All wonder of pleasure, all doubt of desire,
All blindness, are ended, and no more ye feel
If your feet treat his flowers or the flames of his fire,
If your breast meet his balms or the edge of his steel.
Change is come, and past over, no more strife, no more learning:
Now your lips and your forehead are sealed with his seal,
Look backward and smile at the thorns and the burning.
— Sweet rest, O my soul, and no fear of returning!

„Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.“

—  Isaac Barrow English Christian theologian, and mathematician 1630 - 1677

Isaac Barrow, Duty of Thanksgiving, Works, Volume I, p. 66; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 921-24