Unpleasant things Quotes

Enjoy the best quotes on Unpleasant things , Explore, save & share top quotes on Unpleasant things .

O, great wise man,' she said, 'I have been wondering so many things. Is life more than sitting at home doing the same thing over and over? Wise man, is life more than watching one's relatives do unpleasant things, or more than grim tasks one must perform at school and at work? Is life more than being entertained by literature, wise man, or more than traveling from one place to another, suffering from poor emotional health and pondering the people one loves? And what about those who lead a life of mystery? And the mysteries of life? And, wise man, what about the overall feeling of doom that one cannot ever escape no matter what one does, and miscellaneous things that I have neglected to mention in specific?

Lemony Snicket
Save QuoteView Quote

That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them things they want, to set them tasks, to punish them when they do wrong, to do all the unpleasant things. And then the father, who has nothing to do but pet them and spoil them, comes in when all her work is done and stealstheir affection from her.

George Bernard Shaw
Save QuoteView Quote

The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'own,' or 'real' life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely one's real life -- the life God is sending one day by day.

C.S. Lewis, The Collected Works of C.S. Lewis
Save QuoteView Quote

As I travelled south through Europe everything got bigger. This applied to nice things like fruit-the nectarines and tomatoes were about six times as large in Greece as they were in Britain for example. But the principle also applied to unpleasant things, like spiders, and worms, and all other nameless and horrifying insects and arachnids of Greece.

Margaret Eleanor Leigh, The Wrong Shade of Yellow
Save QuoteView Quote

We want them to see their home planet," Mrs. Whatsit said. The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. "Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see?"Again Mrs. Which's voice reverberated through the cave. "There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones.

Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
Save QuoteView Quote

A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people.

Peter McArthur
Save QuoteView Quote

The truth only comes if you are willing to face some really unpleasant things about yourself.

Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Save QuoteView Quote

Talking about unpleasant things during a meal is not good for digestion, not good for health.

Betty Jamie Chung
Save QuoteView Quote

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Save QuoteView Quote

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Save QuoteView Quote