I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text. — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There's no doubt about it: fun people are fun. But I finally learned that there is something more important, in the people… — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
The pleasure in traveling consists of the obstacles, the fatigue, and even the danger. What charm can anyone find in an excursion… — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
In the first place, it is obvious that not only is wealth concentrated in our times but an immense power and despotic… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
The true gardener then brushes over the ground with slow and gentle hand, to liberate a space for breath round some favorites;… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
No earthly pleasures, no kingdoms of this world can benefit me in any way. I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
Cooking and baking are pleasures and I want everyone to be able to experience and share them. — Dorie Greenspan Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the… — Daniel Meyer Copy Share Image
Old maids claw as cats do. They not only inflict wounds but experience pleasure in doing so. Nor will they fail to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
There are so many parts of music that it's actually a pleasure for me to work with an orchestra, or a jazz… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
Dan Spainhour is a terrific coach and educator. I had the pleasure of working several years with him, and I know that… — Tommy Amaker Copy Share Image
Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore the health. — Robert Bateman Copy Share Image
“Man cannot spend all his time doing evil, and even in the company of pirates there must be some sweet moments on… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure… — Richard Mille Copy Share Image
The trick, of course, is to lose one day and come back to win the next. But that is possible only when… — John H. Lienhard Copy Share Image
“Pleasure is a false god. Research shows that people who focus their energy on superficial pleasures end up more anxious, more emotionally… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
I play for the audience's pleasure. What I expect from them is not important; it's what they expect from me. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
There is a peculiar pleasure in riding out into the unknown. A pleasure which no second journey on the same trail ever… — Edith Durham Copy Share Image
A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
