Pleasantness Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful. — Christina Ricci

There's a fearful term that's in fashion at the moment - closure. People apparently believe it is desirable and attainable. — Penelope Lively

Now go, and if I hear of more fighting, let it be of how the two of you beat someone else together. — Joe Abercrombie

In one of the extras that come with the DVD version of the movie (Groundhog Day), Danny Rubin, who came up with the original idea and then wrote the script, says that the movie is about "doing what you can do in the moment to make things better instead of making them worse." Which might not sound like very much, but it's just about all you can do in life.

Which only proves that the world itself runs on Yiddish-speaking principles: the best way to get what you want and make all those bastards out there so jealous that they'll want to poke their own eyes out is to go out of your way to be nice to those bastards. That's the way to show them. That's how a mentsh gets revenge. — Michael Wex

On overnight flights, I have trained myself to get to sleep almost instantly after takeoff. I always listen to the same audiobook on my iPod so my brain knows, regardless of time zone, that that voice means it's time for bed. — Margaret Heffernan

When consumers do not take full advantage of efficiency gains, it is because they are weighing other factors that influence their decision making. When the federal government arbitrarily places one of those factors over others, it makes consumers worse off. — Gina McCarthy