Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Reade

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Craig Brown

One of the many joys of tongue-twisters is that they serve no purpose beyond fun.

Ezra Taft Benson

One of the joys of working with boys is that you get your pay as you go along. You can observe the results of your leadership daily... Such satisfaction cannot be purchased at any price; it must be earned.

Julian Clary

One of the joys of the English language is that you can play around with the meaning of words. I don't think it works so well in Spanish.

Rob Manuel

One of the great joys of launching your idea on the web is that it's a meritocracy. The good stuff will rise to the top and find an audience, and you don't have to impress one idiosyncratic commissioning editor.

Joel Edgerton

One of the great joys of being able to write something you can make, if you get certain actors you want and love, you're kind of buying yourself a front row seat to watch them work.

James Cronin

One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France.

Douglas Adams

One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare.

Alphonse Lamartine

Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys