The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures,… — Richard Sharp Copy Share Image
The most powerful drive in the ascent of man is his pleasure in his own skill. He loves to do what he… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Dyson and Tolkien were the immediate human causes of my conversion. Is any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The New Heaven and New Earth are like a double Millennium, Millennium for ever!-Double your pleasure, double your fun, double your Heaven… — David Berg Copy Share Image
Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Pleasures First look from morning's window The rediscovered book Fascinated faces Snow, the change of the seasons The newspaper The dog Dialectics… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“Pleasure was a powerful tool. More powerful than pain, if you had the patience for it. Even the women who feared him… — Kit Rocha Copy Share Image
The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She is a meniscus that allows the absolute to have a… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Larry Carlton is an incredibly versatile guitarist who has been a major force for guitar for many years. He is easily recognizable… — George Benson Copy Share Image
I don't believe terror and horror are just vicarious pleasures. I think it routes itself in your mind. It can affect your… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Secrets are my currency: I deal in them for a living. The secrets of desire, of what people really want, and of… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“living only for the moment, savouring the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms, and the maple leaves, singing songs, drinking wine, and… — Asai Ryoi Copy Share Image
“He glanced at her, his hair wild and his eyes red. 'May I give ye pleasure?' Still a gentleman. Emma smiled. But… — Kerrelyn Sparks Copy Share Image
There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own.… — William Trevor Copy Share Image
But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures… — Henry Morton Stanley Copy Share Image
A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis.… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
You are here on earth for a divine purpose. It is not to be endlessly entertained or to be constantly in full… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
It's an absurd error to put modern English literature in the curriculum. You should read contemporary literature for pleasure or not at… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast. It's like nothing else. It's like a love affair,… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
The ultimate source of energy, the sun is ready to set. The leaves of the blooming lotus flower in the pond are… — Manmohan Acharya Copy Share Image
Reading gave me great comfort and pleasure. When I started being able to write, around seven or eight, I wanted to be… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
To go about your work with pleasure, to greet others with a word of encouragement, to be happy in the present and… — Edwin Osgood Grover Copy Share Image
When people are still getting pleasure from something that you did 30 years ago, it makes you feel good. I always say… — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fashion is the veriest goddess of semblance and of shade; to be happy is of far less consequence to her worshippers than… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In my several years of international cricket, Tendulkar remains the best batsman I have ever bowled to. It's been a pleasure to… — Allan Donald Copy Share Image
Poetry is not the proper antithesis to prose, but to science. Poetry is opposed to science, and prose to meter. The proper… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Mankind are so ready to bestow their admiration on the dead, because the latter do not hear it, or because it gives… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
I don't regret my painful times, i bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With… — John Gay Copy Share Image
“And that deep and irreplaceable knowledge of my capacity for joy comes to demand from all of my life that it be… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Year followed struggling year for me, and all that time I read--I suppose few have ever read so. I began, as most… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
There is a peculiar aesthetic pleasure in constructing the form of a syllabus, or a book of essays, or a course of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ever since I bought and started flying an airplane, it's been almost exclusively for business. I love to fly. It's a great… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
