Pleasant Quotes

896 Pleasant quotes by 655 unique authors

Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect… — Charles Dickens
Nothing but Christianity will give you the victory. Until a man believes in his heart that Jesus Christ is his Lord and Master... his course… — Francis Scott Key
Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient,… — Neil Gaiman
Solitude, I reflected, is the one deep necessity of the human spirit to which adequate recognition is never given in our codes. It is looked… — Freya Stark
Pleasant is a rainy winter's day, within doors! The best study for such a day, or the best amusement,—call it which you will,—is a book… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
This evolution towards a real responsibility for others is sometimes blocked by fear. It is easier to stay on the level of a pleasant way… — Jean Vanier
Where are we going?" asked Victor. "If I'm allowed to ask." I squirmed around in my seat so that I could look him in the… — Richelle Mead
We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant — Derek Landy
She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant… — John Steinbeck
The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take… — Quentin Crisp
So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in… — William C. Bryant
The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Arguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so. — Daniel Handler
One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is, it really is… — Daniel Handler
Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant. — Daniel Handler
Fetching objects for people who are too lazy to fetch them for themselves is never a pleasant task, particularly when the people are insulting you. — Daniel Handler
Adieu, Lord Dain,” she answered without turning her head. “Have a pleasant evening with your cows.” Cows? She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain… — Loretta Chase
Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Kissing Simon was pleasant. It was a gentle sort of pleasant, like lying in a hammock on a summer day with a book and a… — Cassandra Clare
Have you ever stood where a stream spills into a river? The two become one. They laugh over the stones together, twist through the sharp… — Catherine Anderson
Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger. — Derek Landy
...its a rather pleasant change when all your life you've had people looking after you, to have someone to look after yourself. Only of course… — Evelyn Waugh
There was a little corner of his mind that was still his own, and light came through it, as though a chink in the dark:… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Even though people about us choose the path of hate and violence and warfare and greed and prejudice, we who are Christ's body must throw… — Clarence Jordan
We weren't allowing our hopes to become expectations. Expectations are tempting, pleasant, maybe necessary. They are scary too, once you have had some experience. They… — Wendell Berry

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