Disagreeable Quotes

135 Disagreeable quotes by 117 unique authors

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by… — Ambrose Bierce
In God's name, Monsieur, let us remain indifferent; let us strive to be equally attached to whatever obedience marks out for us, be it agreeable… — Vincent de Paul
Thus we have now for many centuries triumphed over nature to the extent of making certain secondary characteristics of the male (such as the beard)… — C.S. Lewis
The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morning—first fallen flake of the coming snows of age—is a… — Alexander Smith
The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morning—first fallen flake of the coming snows of age—is a… — Alexander Smith
Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things. — Pietro Aretino
The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one. — Samuel Richardson
In my paper the fact the XY was not equal to YX was very disagreeable to me. I felt this was the only point of… — Werner Heisenberg
Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities. — Criss Jami
I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as… — Susie Orbach
I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the… — Nellie Bly
November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year. — Louisa May Alcott
The disagreeable reality for those who believe in human rights is that there are some occasions-and Iraq may be one of them-when war is the… — Michael Ignatieff
The male has been persuaded to assume a certain onerous and disagreeable role with the promise of rewards -- material and psychological. Women may in… — Wyndham Lewis
That which prevents disagreeable flies from feeding on your repast, was once the proud tail of a splendid bird. — Martial
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment. — Pliny the Elder
How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not… — Charles Baudelaire
What am I in most people's eyes? A nonentity or an eccentric and disagreeable man... I should want my work to show what is in… — Vincent Van Gogh
Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage. — Jean Racine
There is no man so friendless but that he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Humor can help you to disagree without being disagreeable. The key in democracy is not necessarily that we agree, but that we participate....Despite all the… — Gerald R. Ford
You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly… — Brigham Young
It is not truly realistic or scientific to take short views, to sacrifice the future to immediate pressure, to ignore facts and forces that are… — John Dewey
Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. In the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living that they are… — William Hazlitt
Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. — John Kenneth Galbraith

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