Some glory in their birth , some in their skill , Some in their wealth , some in their bodies' force ,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Where there is happiness, there is found pleasure in nonsense. The transformation of experience into its opposite, of the suitable into the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about, and… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Mankind's self-alienation has reached such a degree that it can experience its own destruction as an aesthetic pleasure of the first order. — Jerry Mander Copy Share Image
I love food and I love ingredients and I love reading recipes. It's just a great pleasure. — Cara Buono Copy Share Image
First of all, I had the desire for that format [silent movie], and then when I was talking to people, I felt… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence. You touch them as they quiver with divine pleasure.… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and it's… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or an entrepreneur. In service… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I often derive a peculiar satisfaction in conversing with the ancient and modern dead, — who yet live and speak excellently in… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies.… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
Humility responds to God's will-to the fear of His judgments and to the needs of those around us. To the proud, the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A boy, by the age of 3 years, senses that his destiny is to be a man, so he watches his father… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
When Benedict dies, he will have the pleasure of standing before whatever furious God he believes in, to answer for how it… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
I have always believed that art should be a deep pleasure...ther e is always, everywhere, an enormous amount of suffering. But I… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
