My guiltiest pleasure is Harry Stephen Keeler. He may have been the greatest bad writer America has ever produced. Or perhaps the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
What is a demanding pleasure that demands the use of ones mind! Not in the sense of problem solving, but in the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic,… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else -- these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“It's precisely in despair that you find the most intense pleasure, especially if you are already powerfully conscious of the hopelessness of… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The taste of chocolate is a sensual pleasure in itself, existing in the same world as sex... For myself, I can enjoy… — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
Whoever has not experienced the pleasure of taking a young lady to her first game of ball should seize the first opportunity… — John Montgomery Ward Copy Share Image
The satisfaction of short fiction does not come close to the rich pleasure I get as a writer in the long deep… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Once again Erak bellowed with laughter. "Your master here went nearly the same shade of green as his cloak," he told Will.… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
As to the myth about Fat Girls and certain abilities to achieve multiple...ummm...my only comment on THAT topic, having both thin and… — Owen J McClain Copy Share Image
Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice; look at them attentively;… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
The great danger in today's world, pervaded as it is by consumerism, is the desolation and anguish born of a complacent yet… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The discovery of the good taste of bad taste can be very liberating. The man who insists on high and serious pleasures… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
If you are alone, tell some stories to yourself. This is a different kind of pleasure and it has, indeed, its reward.… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
Those who skim over the surface in a hit-or-miss fashion not only forfeit the best returns on their efforts, but are ever… — Roderick E. Stevens Copy Share Image
It's lonely to listen to the pleasure of others, not that I've made a habit of that kind of eavesdropping. There's joy… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of actually visiting the Playboy Mansion. I saw the peacocks, fed grapes to the… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
but i am content to live in the moment, and allow myself the daily pleasure of obsessing. nothing lasts forever, i tell… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a… — Peter B. Lewis Copy Share Image
Improvisation has been with me since I was a kid, and, taking a selfish pleasure from that, I just thought, "What the… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For years I've wanted to work with this guy, so to actually write at the top of my scripts "Empress, Script by… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, everyone I talk with, everyone I think about - their salvation is what is on my mind. I love… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm not sure which I dislike more: 'Ulysses' or the James Joyce estate. Admittedly, a few people have got some pleasure from… — Kevin Myers Copy Share Image
The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of… — Asaram Copy Share Image
We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel… — Galen Strawson Copy Share Image
A lesson without Pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain something without sacrificing something else in return. But once you have overcome… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The camera is your way to see what you want to see - it's an extension of the director's fantasy. I'm executing… — Liz W. Garcia Copy Share Image
Surrounded as we are by the wants and woes of our fellow-men, and yet given to follow our own pleasures, regardless of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out… — Sam Phillips Copy Share Image
There have been people who have categorized the bands of perception in different yogic systems. It gives them pleasure to create names… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The religion of the Sufi is the religion of the heart. The principal moral of the Sufi is to consider the heart… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When such pleasure is present, so long as it… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
“Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure! Always your goal is pleasure. Pain, yes of course! Yet pain must only be used as a means to… — Nikki Sex Copy Share Image
Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term 'still'… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
