I still sing, but completely for my own pleasure. I play a nightclub singer in 'Sparkle,' but I'd like to pursue it… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Secularism does not accept many things as absolutes. Its principal objectives are pleasure and self-interest. Often, those who embrace secularism have a… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
25 years ago, when I started in New York, I had the pleasure to cook for Andy Warhol. At the time, I… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
That is the great pleasure of working with great directors. You get to look at the world through many different prisms. I… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Dear Friends all, A thousand Christmas pleasures and blessings to you -- good resolutions and bright hopes for the New Year! Amen.… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Belief is desecrated when given to unproved and unquestioned statements for the solace and private pleasure of the believer . . .… — William James Copy Share Image
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Regardless of how often the appetite for entertainment violence becomes addictive, increased exposure does risk further desensitizing viewers. And the element of… — Sissela Bok Copy Share Image
I find the love of garden grows upon me as I grow older more and more. Shrubs and flowers and such small… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has… — Willie Morris Copy Share Image
Maybe this is just some stupid romantic South American idea, but I need you to understand-darling, for you, I am even willing… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Love will never be anywhere except where equality and unity are… And there can be no love where love does not find… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Hello, hello.” Magnus swept toward them..."Alec, my darling, Clary. And rat-boy." He swept a bow toward Simon, who looked annoyed. "To what… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Personally, I have been very impressed by the slow food movement. It is about celebrating the culture of food, of sharing the… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I like to watch MTV for escapist pleasure, but when I saw Snooki, I saw my twin. I couldn't lose myself in… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
When you love, whatever you do is because you want to do it. It becomes a pleasure, it's like a game, and… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pain destroys the illusions of false, that is, elitist pleasures. It burns from the inside out. It, therefore, sensitizes us to what… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
She let him know how much she liked what he was doing by scoring his back with her nails and crying out… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
The guardian and arbiter of superlative eating, with every meal an unforgettable experience in pleasure, starting with the soup, which he said,… — Marie-Antoine Careme Copy Share Image
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Relationship Principle 9 Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more… — Sherry Argov Copy Share Image
Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly… — Mary Russell Mitford Copy Share Image
Most of the pleasure of making a book would go if it held nothing to be shared by other people. I would… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The place of the arts in the classroom is essential in encouraging invention, ambition, and an understanding of the importance and pleasures… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
In this world men struggle and suffer vainly, finding pleasure only in the bright madness of battle; dying, their souls enter a… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
The way a man penetrates the world should be the same way he penetrates his woman: not merely for personal gain or… — David Deida Copy Share Image
He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was… — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
The Puritans thought they could simply repress man's sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Having cancer changed the way I ate and thought about food. My symptoms dictated my eating habits. The sores in my mouth… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
