“They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.” PeopleWorldMayRealLiteratureLosesOpinionOfficeIntelligentTrackServantPleasantReal WorldStatus QuoPublic OpinionPalacesDiplomatsCivil Servants Author:Anthony Holden
“As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking, But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho! How pleasant it is to have money!” ThinkingMaySaidHelpingMoneyPleaseEatingDrinkingSatPleasantCafesSneerEating And Drinking Book:Poems Source: Poems
“The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose in a slicing machine: its dumb, stupid, and no fun. Some individual sins may have pleasure still attached to them because of the residual goodness of the realities they are abusing: adultery can indeed be pleasant and tying one on can amuse. But betrayal, jealousy, love grown cold, and the gray dawn of the morning after are nobody's idea of a good time.” MayStillsIdeasReasonRealityIndividualFunSinPleasureMorningStupidColdGoodnessMachinesBetrayalDumbNosesDawnPleasantGood TimesGrayGoing OutDiscipleshipAdulterySinningMorning AfterLove JealousyResidual Book:Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus Source: Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus
“Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar.” ThinkingMayFormEmotionBehaviorNegativeOptimismAddictionFamiliarPleasantDestructiveInvokeNegative ThinkingDestructive Behavior Author:Lauren Mackler