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Disagreeable Quotes

How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less Picture Quote #1

What am I in most people’s eyes? A nonentity or an eccentric and disagreeable man... I should want my work to show what is in the heart of such an eccentric, of such a nobody Picture Quote #1

It is not truly realistic or scientific to take short views, to sacrifice the future to immediate pressure, to ignore facts and forces that are disagreeable and to magnify the enduring quality of whatever falls in with immediate desire. It is false that the evils of the situation arise from absence of ideals; they spring from wrong ideals Picture Quote #1

People of too much sentiment are like fountains, whose overflow keeps a disagreeable puddle about them Picture Quote #1

Rain is disagreeable, but snow is as much part of the mountain as are sunshine and clear skies Picture Quote #1

It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable Picture Quote #1

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It has always puzzled me, in my business, that people think they have to answer questions, no matter how disagreeable or dangerous, just because they were asked. Of course, we journalists would be out of business if they didn’t Picture Quote #1

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls, but a single woman of fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else Picture Quote #1

Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration Picture Quote #1

One only says it is one’s duty when one has something disagreeable to do Picture Quote #1

Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want Picture Quote #1

Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship Picture Quote #1

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Doubtless you begin to understand how disagreeable it is to me to do a thing arbitrarily, when it is unsatisfactory to others associated with me Picture Quote #1

Those services which the community will most readily pay for, it is most disagreeable to render Picture Quote #1

To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence Picture Quote #1

Have you ever noticed that when people say it is their duty to tell you a certain thing you may prepare for something disagreeable? Why is it that they never seem to think it a duty to tell you the pleasant things they hear about you? Picture Quote #1

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don’t destroy them. They lay golden eggs Picture Quote #1

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop Picture Quote #1

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The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one Picture Quote #1

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like Picture Quote #1

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it Picture Quote #1

Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren’t even good for you Picture Quote #1

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling Picture Quote #1

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward Picture Quote #1

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Don’t flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become Picture Quote #1

I will tell you what is my overriding perception of the last twenty years: that we are a civilization careening toward a succession of anticlimaxes – toward an infinity of unsatisfying, and disagreeable endings Picture Quote #1

This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight of a phone book. The pain is not great, but the symbolism is disagreeable Picture Quote #1

For he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him Picture Quote #1

Often, moreover, it is... that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes Picture Quote #1

If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it Picture Quote #1

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How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less (Disagreeable Quotes) What am I in most people’s eyes? A nonentity or an eccentric and disagreeable man... I should want my work to show what is in the heart of such an eccentric, of such a nobody (Disagreeable Quotes) It is not truly realistic or scientific to take short views, to sacrifice the future to immediate pressure, to ignore facts and forces that are disagreeable and to magnify the enduring quality of whatever falls in with immediate desire. It is false that the evils of the situation arise from absence of ideals; they spring from wrong ideals (Disagreeable Quotes) People of too much sentiment are like fountains, whose overflow keeps a disagreeable puddle about them (Disagreeable Quotes) Rain is disagreeable, but snow is as much part of the mountain as are sunshine and clear skies (Disagreeable Quotes) It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable (Disagreeable Quotes) It has always puzzled me, in my business, that people think they have to answer questions, no matter how disagreeable or dangerous, just because they were asked. Of course, we journalists would be out of business if they didn’t (Disagreeable Quotes) A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls, but a single woman of fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else (Disagreeable Quotes) Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration (Disagreeable Quotes) One only says it is one’s duty when one has something disagreeable to do (Disagreeable Quotes) Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want (Disagreeable Quotes) Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship (Disagreeable Quotes) Doubtless you begin to understand how disagreeable it is to me to do a thing arbitrarily, when it is unsatisfactory to others associated with me (Disagreeable Quotes) Those services which the community will most readily pay for, it is most disagreeable to render (Disagreeable Quotes) To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence (Disagreeable Quotes) Have you ever noticed that when people say it is their duty to tell you a certain thing you may prepare for something disagreeable? Why is it that they never seem to think it a duty to tell you the pleasant things they hear about you? (Disagreeable Quotes) There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don’t destroy them. They lay golden eggs (Disagreeable Quotes) My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop (Disagreeable Quotes) The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one (Disagreeable Quotes) It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like (Disagreeable Quotes) Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it (Disagreeable Quotes) Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren’t even good for you (Disagreeable Quotes) He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling (Disagreeable Quotes) To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward (Disagreeable Quotes) Don’t flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become (Disagreeable Quotes) I will tell you what is my overriding perception of the last twenty years: that we are a civilization careening toward a succession of anticlimaxes – toward an infinity of unsatisfying, and disagreeable endings (Disagreeable Quotes) This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight of a phone book. The pain is not great, but the symbolism is disagreeable (Disagreeable Quotes) For he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him (Disagreeable Quotes) Often, moreover, it is... that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes (Disagreeable Quotes) If there is any thing disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it (Disagreeable Quotes)

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