Pleasure Quote by Billy Collins

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word… Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's so

— Billy Collins

Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else,…

— Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

— Stendhal

Pleasure is our first and kindred good. It is the starting point of every choice and of every aversion, and to it we always…

— Epicurus

Pleasure is a sensation. It is written into our bodies; it is our experience of delight, of joy. ... Pleasure will become a marker,…

— Carol Gilligan

Pleasure is just a shadow of joy. When there is no joy in you, you become a pleasure seeker.

— Jaggi Vasudev

'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.

— Meg Wolitzer

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

— Irving Stone

Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.

— Anonymous

Pleasure that is its own pursuit is always bad pleasure.

— C. S. Lewis

Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.

— Marquis de Sade

The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.

— Muriel Spark