Far be it from me, my dear sister, to depreciate such pleasures. They would doubtless be congenial with the generality of female… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The rigour of science requires that we distinguish well the undraped figure of Nature itself from the gay-coloured vesture with which we… — Heinrich Hertz Copy Share Image
The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth, Life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet, Sinews of concord, earthly immortality, Eternity… — John Ford Copy Share Image
I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that… — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There was always, he thought, this pleasure ahead of him, an ace of joy up his sleeve so he could say you… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Each man must take the material that he finds at hand, see that in it there are the big truths of life,… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“For me it's connection-the pleasure of an expansive, long-ranging dinner conversation with people who do all sorts of things and being able… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
It must be pointed out, however, that strictly speaking it is incorrect to talk of the dominance of the pleasure principle over… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
. . . this rage - I have never forgotten it - contained every anger, every revolt I had ever felt in… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
The pleasure and the love of God for His creatures constitute the original state. His pleasure and love are the means by… — Abdelkader El Djezairi Copy Share Image
India is a place where one of the great pleasures for a foreigner is that you're constantly surprised. Everywhere you look is… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
People have reacted to the length of "Aquarius" in very positive ways. For example, at the beginning, you have people in a… — Sonia Braga Copy Share Image
It would not do for the consumer to know that the hamburger she is eating came from a steer who spent much… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
As a man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
How much pleasure they lose (and even the pleasures of heroic poesy are not unprofitable) who take away the liberty of a… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
Masochists are people that have pleasure confused with pain. In a world that has television confused with entertainment, doritoes confused with food,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Like I tell people they wind up having short term pleasure and long term pain. I'm a tell what Minister Louis Farrakhan… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
“The idea makes a lot of people uncomfortable. [...] It's hurt a great many people and been responsible for a great deal… — Manna Francis Copy Share Image
Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it. Financial security then is a great help… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
To the non-initiate, whose experience of sexuality and bodily pleasure may be distorted by negative cultural conditioning, the introduction of sexuality into… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
We are not immortal ourselves, my friend; how can we expect our enjoyments to be so? We have no rose without its… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and browse. Maybe browse online, yet that… — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
A method of procuring sensations? Do you think then, that a man who has once committed a murder could possibly do the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
...these stories are a kind of beacon. By making stories full of empathy and amusement and the sheer pleasure of discovering the… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence,… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Since Reagan, it's almost impossible to get funding for research on sexual pleasure. You can find sexual behavior research, but not sexual… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Do not go for glass beads leaving the mine of diamonds. This life is a great chance. What, seekest thou the pleasures… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
As long as children and young men and women find pleasure in study, they will continue studying throughout life - and upon… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
The lovely thing is that now being offered things is just a blast. In the beginning, I'd be offered something and be… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Real myths are often strange and startlingly unfamiliar, and don't always give up their meanings easily; you have to tease them out,… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
![“There was always, he thought, this pleasure ahead of him, an ace of joy up his sleeve so he could say you can do anything to me, take everything away, put me in prison, but I will know [her] when we are old.” quote by Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/michael-ondaatje-940_aces_there-was-always-he-thought-this-pleasur_2552879.jpg)
![“The idea makes a lot of people uncomfortable. [...] It's hurt a great many people and been responsible for a great deal of misery. But, to my mind at least, that doesn't mean it can't now bring pleasure to someone.” quote by Manna Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/manna-francis-23306_bdsm_the-idea-makes-a-lot-of-people-uncomfort_2960125.jpg)
