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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Toronto's likable, but it could be a lot more, as I think Montreal is, lovable. What we need more than anything, I… — Andy Barrie Copy Share Image
Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest. People lie when you ask them… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
“Where indeed is the happiness in this worldly life? These are illusory beliefs. That is why ‘we’ openly say that, “The happiness… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
None the less, perhaps, the highest pleasure in art is identical with the highest pleasure inscientific theory. The emotion which accompanies the… — Roger Fry Copy Share Image
It was rumored, in 1946, that the hangman in Nuremberg adjusted the nooses of some of the condemned to magnify the pain… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost… — Barbara Holland Copy Share Image
One function of the librarian, as he saw it, was to blunt the edge of these differences and to provide a means… — Lewis Henry Steiner Copy Share Image
Audiences love Paul Taylor, and so do I. Not everything, and not always, but year in, year out, he gives me more… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
In the scriptures, we are told you can't really understand happiness unless you understand sadness. You don't know pleasure if you don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not -… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Unfortunately much of it is frittered away on fast cars, designer clothes and an attitude to pleasure reminiscent of the 18-30 holiday… — Ken Bates Copy Share Image
Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure:… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
Everybody loves to spend money at least some of the time - because everybody loves the stuff you can buy with it.… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
“Pleasure is not the cause of happiness; rather, it is the effect. If you get the other stuff right (the other values… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Pleasure, no matter how desirable, is never innocent: it's always presupposing and assuming a certain kind of social order, one usually shot… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure… — Robert Trout Copy Share Image
Alongside my 'no email' policy, I resolve to make better use of the wonderful Royal Mail, and send letters and postcards to… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The [Jewish] Sabbath was not intended to be simply a desert of prohibitions, but rather an oasis for moral restoration and seemly… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
It's different to read a book for pleasure than to read it analytically. In the past, I'd read Pride and Prejudice for… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I'd say my father, Bert Lahr ... gave me a love of theatre--its kinetic and emotional potential and its… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in vices. I love wine and cheese and chocolate, but they're what make life fun. They're a pleasure… — Donna Air Copy Share Image
I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in,… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
On Sir Joshua Reynolds's observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Personally, I experience the greatest degree of pleasure in having contact with works of art. They furnish me with happy feelings of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Did you ever say yes to a pleasure? oh my friends, then you also said yes to all pain. all things are… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I can't really say enough about Chris Potter. He is one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, and every second… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Obstinacy is a fault of temperament. Stubbornness and intolerance of contradiction result from a special kind of egotism, which elevates above everything… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
I begin where most people end, with a full conviction of the emptiness of all sorts of ambition, and the unsatisfactory nature… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Working with the actors, working with production designers, working with the creative people who surround the process is really fun, it's really… — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
Our brain is essentially programmed to enjoy carbohydrates because they give us a sense of fullness and a rush of pleasure. When… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image