Pleasure Quotes · Page 37

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

— Aristotle

“Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure.”

— Jane Austen

Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.

— Anonymous

Having my friends close to me is always a pleasure, a great honour.

— Dani Alves

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

— Samuel Johnson

“I am not a great reader and I have pleasure in many things.”

— Jane Austen

Tis the defect of age to rail at the pleasures of youth.

— Susanna Centlivre

I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

— Francis Quarles

Sweet are the pleasures that to verse belong, And doubly sweet a brotherhood in song.

— John Keats

“Exploration of her body will open the doors to pleasuring her in ways she has yet to experience.”

— Stephan Labossiere

I was a Fry & Laurie fan, I was a Blackadder fan, I was a House fan and he [ Hugh Laurie]s…

— David Mandel

Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today.

— Meredith Willson

I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about.

— Jon Stewart

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

— William Gilmore Simms

I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by…

— James Cook

Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat.

— William Hartston

“And that deep and irreplaceable knowledge of my capacity for joy comes to demand from all of my life that it be…

— Audre Lorde

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With…

— John Gay

It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want…

— Adam Arkin

Personally, I experience the greatest degree of pleasure in having contact with works of art. They furnish me with happy feelings of…

— Albert Einstein

“Life is a balanced system of learning and evolution. Whether pleasure or pain; every situation in your life serves a purpose. It…

— Steve Maraboli

For things that worth little or nothing we care a lot; and we oversight what is necessary; because every man goes towards…

— Thomas a Kempis

“This is not a "guilty pleasure" of mine, simply because I don't believe in "guilty" pleasures. Snobbery is just the public face…

— James Kakalios

To see distinctly the machinery--the wheels and pinions--of any work of Art is, unquestionably, of itself, a pleasure, but one which we…

— Edgar Allan Poe

If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to…

— John Taylor Gatto

The art of being agreeable frequently miscarries through the ambition which accompanies it. Wit, learning, wisdom,--what can more effectually conduce to the…

— Richard Cumberland

Scientific discovery is a private event, and the delight that accompanies it, or the despair of finding it illusory, does not travel.…

— Peter Medawar

Love is the creative refinement of sex energy. And so, when love reaches perfection, the absence of sex automatically follows. A life…

— Rajneesh

You don't need candlelight and fireside glow to make Christmas happen. Trees, ornaments, gifts, and all of it are splendid embellishments. Not…

— Jack W. Hayford

Outward, thanks to the knowledge of physical laws, man could subdue (or subjugate...) nature, but inwardly, he remained a slave to it.…

— African Spir

Consider the problem from the point of view of evil, evil being almost always pleasure's true and major charm; considered thus, the…

— Marquis de Sade

If we do have realistic confidence ... if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to…

— Nathaniel Branden

I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.

— George Best

The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

— Anonymous

Always remember the destroyer of joy (physical pleasure): death.

— Babloo

“He had all the pleasure of going to be happy.”

— Robert M. Coates

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.

— William Shakespeare

Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.

— Zig Ziglar