Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“If any woman opens her legs for you, don't feel so lucky to be fed with nonsense, she has been a bitch… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure.… — Phil Dusenberry Copy Share Image
Man has an almost infinite capacity for taking things and people for granted and thereby missing out on the pleasure of being… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace Copy Share Image
Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him -… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle -… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
My identity shifted when I got into # recovery . That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure. — Hugh Bonneville Copy Share Image
In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
The living can't quit living because the world has turned terrible and people they love and need are killed. They can't because… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
The artist's experience lies so unbelievably close to the sexual, to its pain and its pleasure, that the two phenomena are really… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
It's a pleasure to talk to the farmers. That's my favorite part, always was. It's really the communication and exchange that builds… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
To have given pleasure to one human being is a recollection that sweetens life. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
