I had the pleasure of listening to Rickie Lee Jones' Flying Cowboys album on audio cassette, which had just come out at… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“Decide to be happy under all conditions, let happiness be your habit.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“All pleasure is a vice because seeking pleasure is what everyone does in life, and the worst vice of all is to… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
I had the pleasure of knowing Ronald Reagan before he became Governor of California. He was a truly great human being and… — James Arness Copy Share Image
Vain is the hope of finding pleasure in that which one has hitherto disdained; as when the warrior hopes to find pleasure… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
I once heard that Quentin Tarantino, who I obviously love and think is a genius, says that there's no such thing as… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
We so love all new and unusual things that we even derive a secret pleasure from the saddest and most tragic events,… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly human capacity, isn´t just for registering… — Anonymous 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
Poetry has no goal other than itself; it can have no other, and no poem will be so great, so noble, so… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
I scoured myself with lye soap from head to toe to get the evil funk of demon snot off me. I have… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party,… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Could she learn to like this guy? "“It's nice to meet you." Kylie plastered a warm expression on her face. But she… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
Tis a barbarous temper, and a sign of a very ill nature, to take delight in shocking any one: and, on the… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures of this world are always to be… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Can a woman not keep her lover without she study to always please him with pleasure? Pew! Then let her give up… — Eric Rucker Eddison Copy Share Image
It is in virtue of his own desires and curiosities that any man continues to exist with even patience, that he is… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
True peacefulness comes from abandoning the illustion that satisfying desires brings pleasure. — Joan Z. Borysenko Copy Share Image
There is nothing like books - of all things sold incomparably the cheapest, of all pleasure the least palling, they take up… — Samuel Palmer Copy Share Image
I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There's a lot of pain and suffering out there. I think there needs to be more joy, and love, and orgasms in… — Annie Sprinkle Copy Share Image
The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Tolerance to my mind has been greatly overrated . . . . I take as much pleasure in detesting the good brothers… — Westbrook Pegler Copy Share Image
There’s never a moment in all our lives, from the day we trusted Christ till the day we see Him, when God… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
“This beautiful body, sweetness? It’s made for pleasure. It’s singing to me, telling me what it wants and needs. Those other idiots… — Ella Fox Copy Share Image
A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and… — Caroline Norton Copy Share Image
Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species… — Peter Marshall Copy Share Image
Of four infernal rivers that disgorge/ Into the burning Lake their baleful streams;/Abhorred Styx the flood of deadly hate,/Sad Acheron of sorrow,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
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