We relate all our afflictions more frequently than we do our pleasures. — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
“He said she needed to learn how to take pleasure in every section of the cycle of life.” — Glenna Sinclair Copy Share Image
He kept at true good humor's mark The social flow of pleasure's tide: He never made a brow look dark, Nor caused… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
“Thankfully, the nature of pain reminds us of what the ease of pleasure foolishly allows us to forget.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Do not let a day go by without taking some time for yourself - some time you spend in pure pleasure, as… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“The brutalities of wolves are not for enjoyment and pleasure; they are all just for the survival.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
Now shall I walk or shall I ride? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, who so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
I have neither curiosity, interest, pain nor pleasure, in anything, good or evil, they can say of me. I feel only a… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
“Turning an experience about to observe it, results in a lessening of the experience directly proportional to the amount of observation. To… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
The idea that we have the right to inflict suffering and death on other sentient beings for the trivial reasons of palate… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
I will say without reservations that from my point of view there can be no abstractions. Any shape or area that has… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. The rude shocks and uncomfortably… — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
Da Vinci was as great a mechanic and inventor as were Newton and his friends. Yet a glance at his notebooks shows… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“Thus Epicurus also, when he designs to destroy the natural fellowship of mankind, at the same time makes use of that which… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making. Yet pleasure in the work can’t be… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I didn’t hear words that were accurate, much less prideful. For example, I never once heard the word clitoris. It would be… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“To a man, sex is the ultimate expression of love. It is pure pleasure. But to a woman there exists something greater… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
just because something is fun doesn't mean it's a waste of time. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
