Pleasure Quotes

Men of sound sense have Law for their god, but men without sense Pleasure.

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.

Dreams nourish the soul just as food nourishes the body. The pleasure of the search and of adventure feeds our dreams.

Radiation, unlike smoking, drinking, and overeating, gives no pleasure, so the possible victims object.

I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.

Taking responsibility means not blaming yourself. Anything that takes away your power or your pleasure makes you a victim. Don't make yourself a victim of yourself!

What a pleasure life would be to live if everybody would try to do only half of what he expects others to do.

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.

Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.

I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other minds.

Don't ever turn down pleasure because you were afraid of what other people might say.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they must ever stand.

Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.

Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.

The questions that are beyond the reach of economics-the beauty, dignity, pleasure and durability of life-may be inconvenient but they are important.

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

[I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love.

The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.

Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.

I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.

Indeed, the highest pleasure of golf may be that on the fairways and far from all the pressures of commerce and rationality, we can feel immortal for a few hours.

To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

The price we pay for our irresponsible explanatory urge is that we often spoil our most pleasant experiences by making good sense of them.

Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.

The Greatest evils inflicted by man over the face of the Earth are wrought not by the self-seekers, the pleasure lovers, or the merely amoral, but by the fervent devotees of ethical principles.

The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and likewise pain.

It is an incalculable added pleasure to any one's sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and imperfectly, how to read and enjoy the wonder-book of nature.

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.

Heaven is going to be like this life, only better. It will be like this life with all its joys and beauties and pleasures, but without the drawbacks - with all the assets but none of the liabilities.

Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Anticipation of pleasure is, in itself, a very considerable pleasure.

As you grow in self-esteem, your face, manner, way of talking and moving will tend naturally to project the pleasure you take in being alive.

I don't really believe in vices. I love wine and cheese and chocolate, but they're what make life fun. They're a pleasure and an important part of living.

Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

Eat slowly, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.

For me, the pleasure of writing comes with inventing stories.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.

In LA, I mean, here's this place full of desperate and sad people who take their only pleasure from destroying others for the purposes of their own self-aggrandizement.

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them.

'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing.

True peacefulness comes from abandoning the illustion that satisfying desires brings pleasure.