#delight

The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you have walked a mile, though, no doubt, a mile is everywhere a mile, I walk but a moderate pace, and can accomplish four English miles in an hour. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#always #delightful #doubt #english #every

I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country. ↗

— Carre Otis

#alone #breaks #country #delight #family

Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception. ↗

— Amos Oz

#every #exception #experienced #i #i can

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#because #delights #does #nature #scientist

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#applause #audience #celebration #constitutes #delight

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#child #delight #delighted #find #happiness

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#delight #fashion #heaven #nobody #our

Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#actress #barking #completely #delightful #i

Pay-per-view would deprive many kids of the delight of seeing the Olympics. ↗

— Mary Lou Retton

#deprive #kids #many #olympics #seeing

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#bring #delight #down #itself #level