Congenial Quotes

54 Congenial quotes by 48 unique authors

Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed… — John Burroughs
I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial,… — Floyd Abrams
Congenial labor is essence of happiness. — A. C. Benson
Congenial labor is the secret of happiness. — A. C. Benson
The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only… — Emma Goldman
There must be an alternative between Hollywood and New York, between those two places psychically as well as geographically. The University of Iowa tries to… — Paul Engle
I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me. — Edward Hopper
Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the… — Marshall McLuhan
I don't ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry? — Wilfred Owen
Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more driven by profits… — Paul Theroux
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice.… — Neil Postman
My generation was secretive, brooding, ambitious, show-offy, and this generation is congenial. Totally. I imagine them walking around with GPS chips that notify them when… — Garrison Keillor
Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated, shredded,… — Thomas S. Monson
Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our… — Herman Melville
What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to me so much… — Peter De Vries
I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial," said Anne, rather scornfully. "Nobody… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female minds. But I… — Jane Austen
Anne’s horizons had closed in since the night she had sat there after coming home from Queen’s; but if the path set before her feet… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most… — Elwyn Brooks White
…still when I lost her, I lost sight of any landmark that might have led me someplace happier, to some more populated or congenial life… — Donna Tartt
The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and… — J C Ryle
The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial. — James Stephens
The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony. — V. S. Pritchett
The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial law and are… — Alan Brien

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