Famous Quotes & Sayings

Horace

He has won every vote who mingles profit with pleasure, by delighting and instructing the reader at the same time.

Virginia Woolf

For pleasure has no relish unless we share it.

William Congreve

Who pleases one against his will.

Voltaire

There is a pleasure in not being pleased.

William Feather

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

Samuel Johnson

The great source of pleasure is variety.

Robert Morgan

Part of the pleasure of being a writer is that you get to go to unexpected places. If a place sounds interesting, I like to go.

William Cowper

I never received a little pleasure from anything in my life; if I am pleased, it is in the extreme.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

Dave Beeler

I was actually pleasantly surprised with how well we did (in cold, wet conditions).

Karl Pilkington

I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.

Keith Morris

More than a pleasant surprise, Danny Schmidt was no less than a revelation to me. And that's not a word I use lightly.

Henrik Ibsen

You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

Pam Smith

As usual, I'm nervous. Thanks volunteers for all you do. All of us here at Pleasant Manor couldn't do it without you and we can't thank you enough.

Caryl Chessman

I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.

Jamie Shea

It would be very pleasant to be there, but we're not there yet.

Mike Gold

I've been pleasantly surprised by the credibility, seriousness, and capabilities shown by these entities.

Charles Spurgeon

We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?' but, 'Is it true?'