Best 1753 quotes in «pleasure quotes» category

I always think upon Lee Strasberg with warmth, and reviewing his wisdom is a pleasure.

I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full.

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.

I am against the florists and floristry! Let the flowers not be the toys of our pleasures!

I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.

I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.

I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature without frequent communication, sympathy and service.

I am proud of all my ancestresses. They showed us that it's possible to do great things and still live a happy, pleasure filled life. So can I; so can you.

I began to feel the pleasure of the weightless state between here and there

I derive no pleasure from talking with a young woman simply because she has regular features.

I bought abandon dearAnd sold all piety for pleasure.My own free spirit I have followed,And never will I give up lust.

I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can't love me

I consider it equal injustice to set our heart against natural pleasures and to set our heart too much on them. We should neither pursue them, nor flee them; we should accept them.

I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell.

Ice-T was just a pleasure to work with. He was a smart gentleman.

I deserved to find pleasure that surpassed my imagination, better than any I had experienced.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.

I do have a thing for eating out; that's one of life's great middle-age pleasures.

I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation.

I do my job. I love my job. It's the best job I ever had. And it's probably the best job I will ever have. And I serve at the pleasure of the president. That's true of President Obama. That will be true of President Trump. And if and when a president decides that they want to replace me, I'll ride off into the sunset.

I do get pleasure from very inconsequential things, like shopping for clothes.

I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.

I do not believe in doing for pleasure things I do not like to do.

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop?

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If I like it, I don't feel guilty about it

I don't categorize food as bad or a guilty pleasure.

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, there's nothing guilty about it.

I don't feel guilty in having pleasure!

I don't really dance for pleasure much." "Uh--so you, uh, usually dance professionally, or what?" Seb asked. "Yeah," said Nick. "The ballet is my passion.

I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.

If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life.

I don't think I ever played any sports recreationally for my own pleasure. I was bad at them from the start.

I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.

I enjoy making films and some experiences are better than others. Most of the time they're great experiences... but turning up to go to work on this every day was an absolute pleasure and that comes from the top.

If I have caught myself struggling to remember, it was, if not a pretense, at least premature, in that I only ever used photography for my own pleasure - even if I then bewailed the vanished pleasure which my pictures brought back to me.

If God had intended us to be alone, there would be more pleasure in massaging our own shoulders.

If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner.

If I'm in a relationship, I'm 1,000% in it. I love doing things for them and surprising them. And that's just something I thoroughly enjoy and it gives me a lot of pleasure. I just haven't found that right girl yet.

If I was more complacent and I let things slide, my life would be easier, but you all wouldn't be as entertained. My misery is your pleasure.

If I see a beautiful woman walking down the street, a pretty lady, I'll yell, 'Homo!' She can't get pissed, and I still get the pleasure of yelling at her.

If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure.

If I want to understand something, I must observe, I must not criticize, I must not condemn, I must not pursue it as pleasure or avoid it as non-pleasure. There must merely be the silent observation of a fact.

I followed all life's pleasures wherever they would lead, but someone I can treasure is all I really need.

If nobody ever offers an opinion or takes the slightest interest in one's production, one loses not only all pleasure in them, but all power of judging their value.

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.

If poems very different from my own bring pleasure to a group of readers, who am I to say that the poems should have been written differently?

If we're not conscious of sex, than we don't know we're having the pleasure. There's a compromise. By virtue of being human, there's self-reflection. Sigmund Freud should replace the Gideon Bible in motel rooms.

If virtue holds the secret, don't defer; Be off with pleasure, and be on with her.

If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.