Pleasantly Quotes

90 Pleasantly quotes by 81 unique authors

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. — George Will
The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones. — Wendell Willkie
Libraries, whether my own or shared with a greater reading public, have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I… — Alberto Manguel
I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and happy to be… — Knut Hamsun
To those who see the magical surface of things, you are invisible.' Good grief. Will you still be able to see me?' He met her… — Emma Bull
If you want some advice—which I'm sure you don't—you guys should lay off on the magic. Christian still thinks you're moving in on Lissa." "What?"… — Richelle Mead
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you… — Stephen Covey
He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan. — Dashiell Hammett
Maybe I don't like people as much as the rest of the world seems to...But occasionally, people will pleasantly surprise me and I'll fall in… — Mark Oliver Everett
You used your power to toss one rock at me?" he exclaimed, an almost comic note of incredulity in his voice. "On the contrary," I… — Richelle Mead
Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed. — Julia Glass
Well, hello, Peter,” said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him. “Long time, no see. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I started down but Sam caught my arm and knelt down himself to look. "For crying out loud," he said. "It's a racoon." "Poor thing,"… — Maggie Stiefvater
As the carriage whipped forward, they passed the alley she had spent so many days staring at—it was there, and then gone as they careened… — Cassandra Clare
Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. The old proletariat sold its labour power in order to subsist; what little leisure time it had… — Raoul Vaneigem
Please relax," said the voice pleasantly, like a stewardess in an airliner with only one wing and two engines one of which is on fire,… — Douglas Adams
He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly… — Roald Dahl
At one store, Gansey had started to pay for Blue's potato chips and she'd snatched them away. "I don't want you to buy me food!"… — Maggie Stiefvater
As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. “My lord, there is something I would… — Lisa Kleypas
We’ll continue our discussion later. Right now I intend to escort Miss Peyton to her room.” “That is not a wise idea, in my opinion,”… — Lisa Kleypas
Many Introverts are also "highly sensitive," which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive sort, then you're… — Susan Cain
My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that. — Michael Leunig
After the many rumours that we had heard about Hitler and the published criticisms we had read about him, we were pleasantly impressed. His appearance… — Hjalmar Schacht
I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis. — Minnie Pearl

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