Agreeable Quotations

The concept of serendipity often crops up in research. Serendipity is the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things that were not being sought. I believe that all researchers can be serendipitous.

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings.

Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.

Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

Husbands, be patient with your wives; and wives, be patient with your husbands. Don't expect perfection. Find agreeable ways to work out the differences that arise.

Most parents are agreeable but some aren't because they don't have transportation or they have problems with scheduling baby sitters.

But what is woman? - only one of Nature's more agreeable blunders

Based on this meeting, we agreed to continue our discussions toward a mutually agreeable solution to this matter,

If a compromise can be reached for a mutually agreeable venue for talks, that will be decisive in the level of violence.

There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to

Roaming through the jungle of "oohs" and "ahs," searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.

Realm Realty is agreeable to the 'right in and right out' restriction and is awaiting the county's comments to that drawing. I would think that a deceleration lane, right in - right out, headache bar and sidewalk should appease most everyone. We do appreciate all the input we have received and have diligently worked to try to incorporate many of these suggestions.

the arrogance of this body in completely ignoring the resolution of a lawsuit (that was settled) in a way that was agreeable to both parties.

We encourage the Libertarian Party of Central New Jersey to meet with the newly appointed township attorney, the township clerk and representatives of the administration to arrive at a mutually agreeable change.

We had hoped that we would able to reach a resolution that was agreeable to all.

We are delighted that Kmart will continue to be a foundation partner for MSO throughout the decade, and that our two companies have found mutually agreeable ways to improve upon our beneficial relationship.

We are having ongoing conversations right now, going back and forth discussing what might be agreeable for both parties. There is a lot of interest there, and we are just going about trying to find out how we can get Chauncey to represent our country.

Unwilling to achieve a mutually agreeable solution through negotiations, their 1113 filing amounts to nothing less than an attempt to bully us into compliance. Management is letting their own unyielding and unreasonable demands dictate a path toward confrontation and further failure.

Whenever I meet with anything agreeable in this world it surprises me so much -- and pleases me so much (when my passions are not interested in one way or the other) that I go on wondering for a week to come.

We (the administration) feel both contracts are agreeable as to what the city and the township are looking for,

Bring hither by thy shouts, O lord of wealth, the suitor, bend his mind towards her; turn thou the right side of every agreeable suitor towards (her)!

Everyone thought this would be the least disruptive move. McFarland was agreeable to that.

And yet a little tumult, now and then, is an agreeable quickener of sensation; such as a revolution, a battle, or an adventure of any lively description.

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms

There's lots of room for negotiation. We're trying to engage the local communities and tribes for mutually agreeable solutions to give tribes ownership and management of these museums.

The students came to us ... after reading our letter, saying they understand there have been abuses and they accept that as a problem. They would just like to have an event that celebrates their four years together and the idea of a dinner cruise was agreeable to us.

Self-denial is painful for a moment, but very agreeable in the end.

Dealing with success is more agreeable than dealing with losing, ... but it's no less difficult. Now we have to deal with all these people patting us on the back. But it's not wise to listen to that because it might distract you from what you need to get done.

Antonio is very focused, very well-prepared, he has thought about it a lot, read about it a lot. And he is a very agreeable sort of guy to work with.

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with

It's the principle of the thing. If there is an issue, why didn't the council ask us about it, so we could correct the issue or come to a mutually agreeable solution to the problem?

Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business

The foods that promote longevity, virtue, strength, health, happiness, and joy; are juicy, smooth, substantial, and agreeable to the stomach.

The hearings will not start until there is a date agreeable to her, ... It would be unfair to start the hearings before she is ready.

Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.

Sir,- I have duly received your favor of the 18th and am thankful to you for having written it, because it is more agreeable to prevent than to refuse what I do not think myself authorized to comply with

It is certainly more agreeable to have power to give than to receive

We need political solution, that the best way is genuine self rule. That I feel (is) mutually agreeable solution,

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty