--- title: "17 Pleasure People Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Pleasure People quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Pleasure People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/sheila-heti-2776_fun_it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people-2643_2643231.jpg" --- > [It's fun to give pleasure to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people/) [Sheila Heti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-heti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/sheila-heti-2776_fun_it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people-2643_2643231.jpg) > [I get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction out of giving pleasure to people through my singing; that's fantastic, but it's only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hayley-westenra/i-get-a-lot-of-pleasure-and-satisfaction-out-of-giving-pleasure-to/) [Hayley Westenra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hayley-westenra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/hayley-westenra-241823_entertainment_i-get-a-lot-of-pleasure-and-satisfaction_2786632.png) > [Have the courage to be different. Be a God pleasure, not a people pleasure .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melania/have-the-courage-to-be-different-be-a-god-pleasure-not-a-people/) [Melania](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melania/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/melania-11184_courage_have-the-courage-to-be-different-be-a-go_515730.jpg) > [I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-belushi/i-give-so-much-pleasure-to-so-many-people-why-can-i-not-get-some/) [John Belushi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-belushi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/john-belushi-18488_giving_i-give-so-much-pleasure-to-so-many-peopl_1597034.jpg) > [“Children were not pets, not furniture, not items put on earth to bring pleasure to people who owned them, she raged to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-box/children-were-not-pets-not-furniture-not-items-put-on-earth-to-bring/) [C.J. Box](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-box/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/c-j-box-27850_children_children-were-not-pets-not-furniture-not_1051522.jpg) > [Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-newmar/invention-is-the-pleasure-you-give-yourself-when-other-people-s-stuff/) [Julie Newmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-newmar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/julie-newmar-17919_enough_invention-is-the-pleasure-you-give-yours_394810.jpg) > [It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happening to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-how-the-people-around-us-fail/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/adolf-hitler-253_failing_it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-ho_2856968.jpg) > [The pleasure of other people is a byproduct of the pleasure that comes from yourself so I cannot judge or look down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lanegan/the-pleasure-of-other-people-is-a-byproduct-of-the-pleasure-that/) [Mark Lanegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lanegan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/mark-lanegan-3674_doe_the-pleasure-of-other-people-is-a-byprod_2473405.jpg) > [Music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first. The pleasure of other people is a byproduct of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-dulli/music-is-an-individual-pursuit-it-is-made-to-please-yourself-first/) [Greg Dulli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-dulli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/greg-dulli-47839_individual_music-is-an-individual-pursuit-it-is-mad_631852.jpg) > [Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/happiness-is-not-a-goal-it-is-a-by-product-for-what-keeps-our/) [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/eleanor-roosevelt-381_giving_happiness-is-not-a-goal-it-is-a-by-produ_2831938.jpg) > [Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in "speaking their minds." A man of this make will say a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/nothing-is-more-silly-than-the-pleasure-some-people-take-in-speaking/) [Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/richard-steele-8781_behavior_nothing-is-more-silly-than-the-pleasure_1878745.png) > [I'm a player and what I try to do is give pleasure to people who come to support us, as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-matuidi/i-m-a-player-and-what-i-try-to-do-is-give-pleasure-to-people-who-come/) [Blaise Matuidi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-matuidi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/blaise-matuidi-8972_football_i-m-a-player-and-what-i-try-to-do-is-giv_3057492.jpg) > [As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-we-grow-older-and-realize-more-clearly-the-limitations-of-human/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/anonymous-1_abiding_as-we-grow-older-and-realize-more-clearl_1180759.jpg) > [There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/there-s-a-certain-pleasure-of-the-life-of-the-mind-that-cannot-be/) [Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/cornel-west-708_certain_there-s-a-certain-pleasure-of-the-life-o_2159774.jpg) > [“He walked for days, stopping at bars and restaurants whenever he felt thirsty, hungry or tired; mostly they were automatic and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-m-banks/he-walked-for-days-stopping-at-bars-and-restaurants-whenever-he-felt/) [Iain M. Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-m-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/iain-m-banks-3729_meeting-people_he-walked-for-days-stopping-at-bars-and_2731143.jpg) > [“Thus, in the realm of human relationships, a different form of pleasure is experienced, a different sort of motivation is involved, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/thus-in-the-realm-of-human-relationships-a-different-form-of-pleasure/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/ayn-rand-59_business_thus-in-the-realm-of-human-relationships_3166920.jpg) > [“I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give people pleasure? My wiping this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-m-banks/i-could-try-composing-wonderful-musical-works-or-day-long/) [Iain M. Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-m-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/iain-m-banks-3729_achievement_i-could-try-composing-wonderful-musical_2909166.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-people/#itemlist", "name": "Pleasure People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's fun to give pleasure to people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sheila Heti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-heti/it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/sheila-heti-2776_fun_it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people-2643_2643231.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/sheila-heti-2776_fun_it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people-2643_2643231.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/sheila-heti-2776_fun_it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people-2643_2643231.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's fun to give pleasure to people.” — Sheila Heti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction out of giving pleasure to people through my singing; that's fantastic, but it's only entertainment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hayley Westenra" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hayley-westenra/i-get-a-lot-of-pleasure-and-satisfaction-out-of-giving-pleasure-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/hayley-westenra-241823_entertainment_i-get-a-lot-of-pleasure-and-satisfaction_2786632.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/hayley-westenra-241823_entertainment_i-get-a-lot-of-pleasure-and-satisfaction_2786632.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/hayley-westenra-241823_entertainment_i-get-a-lot-of-pleasure-and-satisfaction_2786632.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I get a lot of pleasure and satisfaction out of giving pleasure to people through my singing; that's…” — Hayley Westenra", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Have the courage to be different. Be a God pleasure, not a people pleasure .", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melania" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melania/have-the-courage-to-be-different-be-a-god-pleasure-not-a-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/melania-11184_courage_have-the-courage-to-be-different-be-a-go_515730.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/melania-11184_courage_have-the-courage-to-be-different-be-a-go_515730.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/melania-11184_courage_have-the-courage-to-be-different-be-a-go_515730.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Have the courage to be different. Be a God pleasure, not a people pleasure .” — Melania", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Belushi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-belushi/i-give-so-much-pleasure-to-so-many-people-why-can-i-not-get-some/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/john-belushi-18488_giving_i-give-so-much-pleasure-to-so-many-peopl_1597034.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/john-belushi-18488_giving_i-give-so-much-pleasure-to-so-many-peopl_1597034.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/john-belushi-18488_giving_i-give-so-much-pleasure-to-so-many-peopl_1597034.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?” — John Belushi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Children were not pets, not furniture, not items put on earth to bring pleasure to people who owned them, she raged to herself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C.J. Box" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-box/children-were-not-pets-not-furniture-not-items-put-on-earth-to-bring/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/c-j-box-27850_children_children-were-not-pets-not-furniture-not_1051522.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/c-j-box-27850_children_children-were-not-pets-not-furniture-not_1051522.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/c-j-box-27850_children_children-were-not-pets-not-furniture-not_1051522.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Children were not pets, not furniture, not items put on earth to bring pleasure to people who owned them…” — C.J. Box", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julie Newmar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-newmar/invention-is-the-pleasure-you-give-yourself-when-other-people-s-stuff/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/julie-newmar-17919_enough_invention-is-the-pleasure-you-give-yours_394810.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/julie-newmar-17919_enough_invention-is-the-pleasure-you-give-yours_394810.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/julie-newmar-17919_enough_invention-is-the-pleasure-you-give-yours_394810.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Invention is the pleasure you give yourself when other people's stuff isn't good enough.” — Julie Newmar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happening to them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adolf Hitler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-how-the-people-around-us-fail/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/adolf-hitler-253_failing_it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-ho_2856968.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/adolf-hitler-253_failing_it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-ho_2856968.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/adolf-hitler-253_failing_it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-ho_2856968.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happening to…” — Adolf Hitler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The pleasure of other people is a byproduct of the pleasure that comes from yourself so I cannot judge or look down on someone who does whatever they feel like doing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Lanegan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lanegan/the-pleasure-of-other-people-is-a-byproduct-of-the-pleasure-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/mark-lanegan-3674_doe_the-pleasure-of-other-people-is-a-byprod_2473405.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/mark-lanegan-3674_doe_the-pleasure-of-other-people-is-a-byprod_2473405.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/mark-lanegan-3674_doe_the-pleasure-of-other-people-is-a-byprod_2473405.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The pleasure of other people is a byproduct of the pleasure that comes from yourself so I cannot judge or…” — Mark Lanegan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first. The pleasure of other people is a byproduct of the pleasure that comes from yourself so again I cannot judge or look down on someone who does whatever they feel like doing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greg Dulli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-dulli/music-is-an-individual-pursuit-it-is-made-to-please-yourself-first/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/greg-dulli-47839_individual_music-is-an-individual-pursuit-it-is-mad_631852.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/greg-dulli-47839_individual_music-is-an-individual-pursuit-it-is-mad_631852.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/greg-dulli-47839_individual_music-is-an-individual-pursuit-it-is-mad_631852.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first. The pleasure of other people is a…” — Greg Dulli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eleanor Roosevelt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/happiness-is-not-a-goal-it-is-a-by-product-for-what-keeps-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/eleanor-roosevelt-381_giving_happiness-is-not-a-goal-it-is-a-by-produ_2831938.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/eleanor-roosevelt-381_giving_happiness-is-not-a-goal-it-is-a-by-produ_2831938.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/eleanor-roosevelt-381_giving_happiness-is-not-a-goal-it-is-a-by-produ_2831938.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward…” — Eleanor Roosevelt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in \"speaking their minds.\" A man of this make will say a rude thing for the mere pleasure of saying it, when an opposite behavior, full as innocent, might have preserved his friend, or made his fortune.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Steele" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/nothing-is-more-silly-than-the-pleasure-some-people-take-in-speaking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/richard-steele-8781_behavior_nothing-is-more-silly-than-the-pleasure_1878745.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/richard-steele-8781_behavior_nothing-is-more-silly-than-the-pleasure_1878745.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/richard-steele-8781_behavior_nothing-is-more-silly-than-the-pleasure_1878745.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in \"speaking their minds.\" A man of this make will…” — Richard Steele", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a player and what I try to do is give pleasure to people who come to support us, as well as to myself and my team. That's how it's been throughout my career.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Blaise Matuidi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-matuidi/i-m-a-player-and-what-i-try-to-do-is-give-pleasure-to-people-who-come/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/blaise-matuidi-8972_football_i-m-a-player-and-what-i-try-to-do-is-giv_3057492.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/blaise-matuidi-8972_football_i-m-a-player-and-what-i-try-to-do-is-giv_3057492.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/blaise-matuidi-8972_football_i-m-a-player-and-what-i-try-to-do-is-giv_3057492.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a player and what I try to do is give pleasure to people who come to support us, as well as to myself…” — Blaise Matuidi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-we-grow-older-and-realize-more-clearly-the-limitations-of-human/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/anonymous-1_abiding_as-we-grow-older-and-realize-more-clearl_1180759.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/anonymous-1_abiding_as-we-grow-older-and-realize-more-clearl_1180759.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/609/anonymous-1_abiding_as-we-grow-older-and-realize-more-clearl_1180759.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people who enact a playfulness when it comes to the world of ideas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cornel West" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/there-s-a-certain-pleasure-of-the-life-of-the-mind-that-cannot-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/cornel-west-708_certain_there-s-a-certain-pleasure-of-the-life-o_2159774.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/cornel-west-708_certain_there-s-a-certain-pleasure-of-the-life-o_2159774.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/cornel-west-708_certain_there-s-a-certain-pleasure-of-the-life-o_2159774.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about…” — Cornel West", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He walked for days, stopping at bars and restaurants whenever he felt thirsty, hungry or tired; mostly they were automatic and he was served by little floating trays, though a few were staffed by real people. They seemed less like servants and more like customers who’d taken a notion to help out for a while. “Of course I don’t have to do this,” one middle-aged man said, carefully cleaning the table with a damp cloth. He put the cloth in a little pouch, sat down beside him. “But look, this table’s clean.” He agreed that the table was clean. “Usually,” the man said. “I work on alien — no offense — alien religions; Directional Emphasis In Religious Observance; that’s my speciality . . . like when temples or graves or prayers always have to face in a certain direction; that sort of thing? Well, I catalog, evaluate, compare; I come up with theories and argue with colleagues, here and elsewhere. But . . . the job’s never finished; always new examples, and even the old ones get reevaluated, and new people come along with new ideas about what you thought was settled . . . but” — he slapped the table — “when you clean a table you clean a table. You feel you’ve done something. It’s an achievement.” “But in the end, it’s still just cleaning a table.” “And therefore does not really signify on the cosmic scale of events?” the man suggested. He smiled in response to the man’s grin, “Well, yes.” “But then, what does signify? My other work? Is that really important, either? I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give people pleasure? My wiping this table gives me pleasure. And people come to a clean table, which gives them pleasure. And anyway” — the man laughed — “people die; stars die; universes die. What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead? Of course, if all I did was wipe tables, then of course it would seem a mean and despicable waste of my huge intellectual potential. But because I choose to do it, it gives me pleasure. And,” the man said with a smile, “it’s a good way of meeting people. So where are you from, anyway?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Iain M. Banks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-m-banks/he-walked-for-days-stopping-at-bars-and-restaurants-whenever-he-felt/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/iain-m-banks-3729_meeting-people_he-walked-for-days-stopping-at-bars-and_2731143.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/iain-m-banks-3729_meeting-people_he-walked-for-days-stopping-at-bars-and_2731143.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/iain-m-banks-3729_meeting-people_he-walked-for-days-stopping-at-bars-and_2731143.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He walked for days, stopping at bars and restaurants whenever he felt thirsty, hungry or tired; mostly they…” — Iain M. Banks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Thus, in the realm of human relationships, a different form of pleasure is experienced, a different sort of motivation is involved, and a different kind of character is revealed, by the man who seeks for enjoyment the company of human beings of intelligence, integrity and self-esteem, who share his exacting standards—and by the man who is able to enjoy himself only with human beings who have no standards whatever and with whom, therefore, he feels free to be himself—or by the man who find pleasure only in the company of people he despises, to whom he can compare himself favorably—or by the man who finds pleasure only among people he can deceive and manipulate, from whom he derives the lowest neurotic substitute for a sense of genuine efficacy: a sense of power.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ayn Rand" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/thus-in-the-realm-of-human-relationships-a-different-form-of-pleasure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/ayn-rand-59_business_thus-in-the-realm-of-human-relationships_3166920.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/ayn-rand-59_business_thus-in-the-realm-of-human-relationships_3166920.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/ayn-rand-59_business_thus-in-the-realm-of-human-relationships_3166920.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thus, in the realm of human relationships, a different form of pleasure is experienced, a different sort of…” — Ayn Rand", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give people pleasure? My wiping this table gives me pleasure. And people come to a clean table, which gives them pleasure. And anyway\" - the man laughed - \"people die; stars die; universes die. What is any achievement, however great it was, once time itself is dead? Of course, if all I did was wipe tables, then of course it would seem a mean and despicable waste of my huge intellectual potential. But because I choose to do it, it gives me pleasure. And,\" the man said with a smile, \"it's a good way of meeting people. So where are you from, anyway?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Iain M. Banks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-m-banks/i-could-try-composing-wonderful-musical-works-or-day-long/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/iain-m-banks-3729_achievement_i-could-try-composing-wonderful-musical_2909166.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/iain-m-banks-3729_achievement_i-could-try-composing-wonderful-musical_2909166.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/iain-m-banks-3729_achievement_i-could-try-composing-wonderful-musical_2909166.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I could try composing wonderful musical works, or day-long entertainment epics, but what would that do? Give…” — Iain M. Banks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-people/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-people/", "name": "Pleasure People Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-people/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/sheila-heti-2776_fun_it-s-fun-to-give-pleasure-to-people-2643_2643231.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 17 Pleasure People quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Pleasure People sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-people/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-people/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Pleasure People Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-people/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```