Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth. Votes: 3
Anthony de MelloPlease forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger. Votes: 3
Derek LandyBe pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. Votes: 3
Elbert HubbardIf we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. Votes: 2
Friedrich SchillerI thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was. Votes: 2
Jim HarrisonFeedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. Votes: 2
Brian AldissI'm a quiet person, and I live a quiet, pleasant, ordinary, simple life. Votes: 1
Mary McGarry MorrisIt was almost pleasant, in a life-sucks-but-at-least-there's-good-music sort of way. Votes: 0
Lauren MyracleThe thought of writing was always pleasant, but the process was painful Votes: 0
Monica Denise BrownFine wine leaves you with something pleasant. The ordinary wine just leaves. Votes: 0
Maynard AmerineAttitudes are capable of making the same experience either pleasant or painful. Votes: 0
John Powell... a bit of conversational sex makes a pleasant climate for creative effort ... Votes: 0
Anita LoosThe experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception. Votes: 0
Allan Lokos[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. Votes: 0
Rex StoutNothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones. Votes: 0
Hans SelyeIn that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind. Votes: 0
William WordsworthWhy was so much evil pleasant, pretty on the outside, like poisoned candy? Votes: 0
Laurell K. HamiltonBad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant. Votes: 0
Daniel HandlerGarner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives. Votes: 0
John WilkinsMost people live with pleasant illusions, but leaders must deal with hard realities. Votes: 0
Orrin WoodwardIt's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. Votes: 0
Lewis GrizzardThe memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.] Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroPeople's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareI'm not clean or even vaguely pleasant to be around in a domestic situation. Votes: 0
Daniel RadcliffeIt is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonStories now, to suit a public taste, must be half epigram, half pleasant vice. Votes: 0
James Russell LowellSin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleAmericans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is. Votes: 0
Jeane KirkpatrickAlways plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones. Votes: 0
Robert JordanTo finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison. Votes: 0
Robert BurchfieldLet your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave. Votes: 0
George WashingtonYou have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant. Votes: 0
Charles BuxtonI'll confess it is pleasant to look at you asleep. You're quite beautiful, Clarice. Votes: 0
Thomas HarrisWell I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death. Votes: 0
Cassandra ClareTo utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaThe first pleasant days of spring come out like a squirrel and go in again. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauThere are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one. Votes: 0
Phyllis BentleyMy wife calls me grumpy cat. I'm normally a very pleasant person to be around. Votes: 0
Jonathan TuckerIf we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. Votes: 0
William StyronThe past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here. Votes: 0
Finley Peter DunneThe past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here. Votes: 0
Finley Peter DunneContentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble. Votes: 0
Epictetus[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey . Votes: 0
Daniel DefoeLearn to be satisfied. It is just as easy as being dissatisfied-and much more pleasant. Votes: 0
Jacob de JagerYou must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves. Votes: 0
Christopher MarloweLady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion. Votes: 0
AnonymousI don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant. Votes: 0
Bobby FischerBe thankful for all your blessings. An appreciative person makes a pleasant and optimistic person. Votes: 0
Brian TracyI've always had a kind of visual eye, and it was a pleasant exercise for that. Votes: 0
Adrian EdmondsonA pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give. Votes: 0
Anthony TrollopeA good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleMoney can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. Votes: 0
Spike MilliganGod in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees. Votes: 0
George PeeleI'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant. Votes: 0
Karl LagerfeldWe find the Works of Nature still more pleasant, the more they resemble those of art. Votes: 0
Joseph AddisonHappy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. Votes: 0
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxI have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant. Votes: 0
Robert Falcon ScottIt is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts. Votes: 0
Charles WilliamsFriendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man. Votes: 0
PlutarchI expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly. Votes: 0
Lawrence WelkIt is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts. Votes: 0
Saint Francis de SalesThough science has given us many marvels, it has also spoiled many of our pleasant dreams. Votes: 0
Lu XunIn the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood. Votes: 0
Theodore RooseveltArguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so. Votes: 0
Daniel HandlerThe Inhabitants of Carolina, thro' the Richness of the Soil, live an easy and pleasant Life. Votes: 0
John LawsonI feel an unfamiliar but pleasant sensation in my lips, tugging them upward. This is... new. Votes: 0
Isaac MarionHappiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. Votes: 0
Mark TwainPresident Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. Votes: 0
Vladimir PutinTo make a pleasant and friendly impression is not only good manners, but equally good business. Votes: 0
Emily PostThere are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life. Votes: 0
Joel GarreauPeople will assign irrational importance to almost anything in quotes on top of a pleasant image Votes: 0
Colin FletcherYou dramatically increase your value to others if you always maintain a calm and pleasant manner. Votes: 0
Daniel LapinGardening is full of mistakes, almost all of them pleasant and some of them actually instructive. Votes: 0
Henry MitchellWe use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones. Votes: 0
Sharon SalzbergDeath is, in fact, oddly pleasant, and certainly an improvement on what comes immediately before it. Votes: 0
E.A.A. WilsonUsually, I play the bad guy, so it's been a pleasant break to play a good guy. Votes: 0
Mariana Klavenothe world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by. Votes: 0
Nikki GiovanniYou have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me. Votes: 0
Henrik IbsenI woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read. Votes: 0
Nicholson BakerShe is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. Votes: 0
John SucklingLove is more pleasant once you get out of your twenties. It doesn't hurt all the time. Votes: 0
Andy RooneyOff Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind. Votes: 0
John MasefieldIt is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house. Votes: 0
Thomas MalthusMen are very easy to get along with- they just want to come home to something pleasant. Votes: 0
Laura SchlessingerIt is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. Votes: 0
LucretiusI admit, I was fascinated by Adolf Hitler. He was a pleasant boss and a fatherly friend. Votes: 0
Traudl JungeDreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoGraze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareI always love to be careful with my expectations so that life has pleasant surprises for me. Votes: 0
Sebastian ThrunHere lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. Votes: 0
Oliver GoldsmithAlthough I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face. Votes: 0
Augusten BurroughsIt's this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen. Votes: 0
Phyllis McGinleyThe virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame. Votes: 0
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowneskulduggery pleasant is the best book I've ever read and has enspired myself to become an author. Votes: 0
Derek LandyDear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm. Votes: 0
William BlakeLove is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortVilla Grande has in many ways symbolized an important, but less than pleasant, part of our history. Votes: 0
Kjell Magne BondevikAnyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinI have always found writing pleasant and don't understand what people mean by 'throes of creation.' Votes: 0
E. M. ForsterNothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature but all things become so through habit Votes: 0
EpictetusIt is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. Votes: 0
Nelson MandelaPraise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it. Votes: 0
Herman MelvilleAnd hear the pleasant cockoo, loud and long - The simple bird that thinks two notes a song. Votes: 0
W. H. DaviesSome things in life are not pleasant but they have to be done. For instance, German and maths. Votes: 0
Louise RennisonIn a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others. Votes: 0
Pema ChodronI like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it. Votes: 0
Bruce SterlingTis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't. Votes: 0
Lord ByronOnce I've met someone, the years cannot erase, the memory of a pleasant word or a friendly face. Votes: 0
Helen Steiner RiceIt is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing Votes: 0
James Schuyler'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't. Votes: 0
Lord ByronIt is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing. Votes: 0
James SchuylerWho is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them? Votes: 0
EpictetusTo the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay. Votes: 0
DiogenesOver the past 10 years of being famous, my relationship with the camera has not been a pleasant one. Votes: 0
Ryan PhillippeA man does not buy his wife a fur coat to keep her warm, but to keep her pleasant. Votes: 0
Seymour HicksIt is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well. Votes: 0
George SantayanaWe dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonI'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant. Votes: 0
Ed HelmsEach year we look for a big name that is attractive to the public and pleasant for the girls. Votes: 0
Marcello MastroianniA broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawThanks to you guys and girls who read my stuff, too. May you have long days and pleasant nights. Votes: 0
Stephen KingIt's true that every road leads to God. But only one way leads to a pleasant encounter with Him. Votes: 0
Kevin DeYoungAn engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeThe age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness. Votes: 0
Vincent MasseyI wonder if that isn't the most sinful thing of all -- thinking all the pleasant things are wicked. Votes: 0
Helen NielsenIt is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like. Votes: 0
Victor HugoAdvice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody. Votes: 0
Josh BillingsI view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. Votes: 0
Deval PatrickWhen I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from. Votes: 0
Oliver HerfordFew things are more pleasant than a village graced with a good church, a good priest and a good pub. Votes: 0
John HillabyA Wasnât just isn't. He just isn't present. But you⦠You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant! Votes: 0
Dr. SeussI have had a life in which I have had to face every big fear, and it has not been pleasant. Votes: 0
Gloria EstefanFor pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant. Votes: 0
AristotleMusic is the same to me as it was to Goethe - a pleasant noise. I am an eye man, not an ear man. Votes: 0
Fritz LangThis has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured. Votes: 3 Marie Windsor
It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day. Votes: 3 Matthew Hayden
A little poison now and then: that makes for pleasant dreams. And a lot of poison at the end, for a pleasant death. Votes: 4 Friedrich Nietzsche
Some things are hard to imagine. Can you conceive of excessive contentment, for example? Or an over pleasant evening? Too much happiness? Votes: 3 Alan Moore
Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a different person once we broke up. Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success. Votes: 1 Michael Crawford
Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh. Votes: 2 Quentin Crisp
I tend to always carry a camera with me. I live next to a fire station, and I've got lots of photos of the hook and ladder coming out of the house. And I like food, so I tend to photograph wonderfully presented food all the time. To me those are very pleasant memories. Votes: 4 Gordon Bell
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. Votes: 2 Elbert Hubbard
And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and therefore the Divers under the water doe spirt and sprinkle it abroad with their mouthes because it dulceth and allaieth the unpleasant nature thereof, and carrieth a light with it. Votes: 3 Pliny the Elder
In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles. Votes: 4 Kanye West
I always love to be careful with my expectations so that life has pleasant surprises for me. Votes: 4 Sebastian Thrun
Awards are always a pleasant surprise. They are the candy-floss parts of our job - a lovely added extra to attract people's attention. The bottom line is that you want to sell tickets. Votes: 6 Sophie Thompson
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. Votes: 1 Confucius
One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come. Votes: 1 Gertrude Stein
It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. Votes: 4 Lewis Grizzard
The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised. Votes: 1 Jenny Eclair