What happens is I speak to people outside of my circle of friends and they have already formed an opinion of me… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about the history of poetry in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries is that people who read… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
And how did little Tim behave?” asked Mrs Cratchit, when she had rallied Bob on his credulity and Bob had hugged his… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Don't lie to me. Don't deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love Death because he breaks the human pattern and frees us from pleasures too prolonged as well as from the pains… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each, Even to the meanest; yea, a boon… — Edwin Arnold Copy Share Image
A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
For table-talk, I prefer the pleasant and witty before the learned and the grave; in bed, beauty before goodness. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Happiness is not the endless pursuit of pleasant experiences - that sounds more like a recipe for exhaustion - but a way… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Cinema informed my painting by the sheer geography - on locations, there is so much downtime. And when you're spending all this… — Billy Zane Copy Share Image
I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly. — Lawrence Welk Copy Share Image
Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
He's convinced most human adults do not know how to play anymore and that playing is one of the best ways to… — William Wharton Copy Share Image
When I find someone I respect writing about an edgy, nervous wine that dithered in the glass, I cringe. When I hear… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
My issues with it are that simply in terms of my own work. It represents 30 years of output. And some of… — Richard Meltzer Copy Share Image
