The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind… — J. B. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Scary to be vulnerable, to open your heart but, oh, the out of this world feeling as you savor the pleasure!” — Virginia Toole Copy Share Image
“Even when it wasn’t visible, Dominic could smell the newly broken skin. It sent a wave of hunger through him, but he… — Isabelle Rowan Copy Share Image
I began to understand that there were certain talkers--certain girls--whom people liked to listen to, not because of what they, the girls,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
There was a German philosopher who is very well known, his name was Immanuel Kant, and he said there are two things… — John Cage Copy Share Image
If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure;… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi's account of how she defied, and helped others to defy, radical Islam's war against… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours… — Clara Schumann Copy Share Image
If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure… — Vaughn Monroe Copy Share Image
Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
The most fascinating women are those that can most enrich the every day moments of existence. In a particular and attaching sense,… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
When I was five, a tree was my best friend. An old peppercorn on Grandpa's little farm. I'd haul myself into its… — Phillip Adams Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to the music for the sheer pleasure. I'm listening for the tool, I'm listening for the instrument, I'm listening… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge of flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it.… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome of all beings and in our worship of Him we… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
In # France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
Alone at last. Oh, the pleasure of the pain. (Zarek) You really do suffer from insanity, don’t you? (Thanatos) Hardly. I have… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Seeking the pleasure of conjugality without a willingness to assume the responsibilities of rearing a family is one of the onslaughts that… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Faith is the realization that God's pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him. — David Platt Copy Share Image
My favourite shows of the year are House of Cards, the Scandinavian versions of The Killing and The Bridge, and my guilty… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Consider the problem from the point of view of evil, evil being almost always pleasure's true and major charm; considered thus, the… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I… — George Washington Copy Share Image
