#pleasant

There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives. ↗

— Todd Rundgren

#certain #dishonesty #endure #endures #everyday

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#carries #carved #choice #hands #her

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#broken heart #comfortable #complaint #heart #income

You always want to feel you're not the only one going through something unpleasant. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#feel #going #only #something #through

When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them to a place that isn't pleasant. I always think: 'Is it worth doing for the sake of the movie?' But I have to remember the bigger picture. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#always #bigger #bigger picture #dilemma #doing

I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on. ↗

— Gale Gordon

#dennis #few #i #joy #menace

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. ↗

— Homer

#friend #great #great man #intimate #man

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good. ↗

— Lucy Larcom

#did #difficult #does #good #grow

When I'm writing a novel, I'm dealing with a double life. I live in the present at the same time that I live in the past with my characters. It is this that makes a novelist so eccentric and unpleasant. ↗

— John Phillips Marquand

#dealing #double #eccentric #i #in the past

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable. ↗

— Carre Otis

#controversial #exposing #feel #judgment #making