“Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.” — Cathy Allen Copy Share Image
False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit; but are mere clouds in the enjoyment. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Samsaric pleasures are like salt water, the more we indulge, the more we crave. — Geshe Sonam Copy Share Image
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
“Curiosity is the most fleeting of pleasures; the moment is satisfied, it ceases to exist and it always proves very, very expensive.” — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“Small pleasures. Don't ever dismiss them, Ellen thinks. Tastes, smells, the feel of things, the sounds of birds, music. And talk. Small… — Kathleen George Copy Share Image
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books,… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Pleasures. I had to cut them back so I can write. And it's worked! It so has. But I am the most… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all… — Al Capone Copy Share Image
“Indeed, one of the highest pleasures is to be more or less unconscious of one’s own existence, to be absorbed in interesting… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The pleasures of love are really quite wonderful--though I suspect they are rather a luxury and require a certain level of socioeconomic… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
That's why you can't be a true Yankee without winter: because all the best pleasures are earned - the fire, the fried… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
One of the great pleasures of having children is spending one-on-one time with them. Sadly, I could do that for only a… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
We no longer sing and dance. We don't know how to. Instead, we watch other people sing and dance on the television… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
As to the lawful pleasures of the mind, the heart, or the senses, indulge in them with gratitude and moderation, drawing up… — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Copy Share Image
To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else -- these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Come live with me and be my love And we will all the pleasures prove Of a marriage conducted with economy In… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Experiencing the outdoors or – even better, the untamed wilderness – imparts a certain wisdom about what is truly needed to be… — Keith Foskett Copy Share Image
“The last vampire I knew that could do what you just did, did it on purpose. She would recall a memory of… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Prue’s attention stayed on their joined hands. “What does it feel like to be touched by a man, Rosie?” The madam grew… — Faye Hall Copy Share Image
Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good reminders that the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life is… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“I was still young and the whole world of beauty was opening before me, my own officious obstructions were often swept aside… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Innocent pleasures in moderation can provide relaxation for the body and mind and can foster family and other relationships. But pleasure, per… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price. — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
Yet these uneasy pleasures and fine pains are for curiosity, and not for life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
