Great Pleasure Quotes

76 quotes by 74 authors

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. — Walter Bagehot
I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you,… — Samuel Butler
I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off. — Alex Trebek
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors. — Benjamin Franklin
Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure. — Edmund Burke
Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil. — Samuel Johnson
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. — Margaret Fuller
Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. I read Gardens of the Moon with great pleasure. And now that I have read it, I would be… — Stephen R. Donaldson
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great. — Gautama Buddha
The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating… — William Banting
The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd… — Warren Buffett
I have a horror of being self-indulgent and wasting time, and there is that risk in doing this kind of work. Are you totally deluded… — Ben Fountain
Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I would be the unhappiest person imaginable, confronted daily with disastrous works crying out with errors, imprecision, carelessness, amateurishness. I avoided this punishment by destroying… — Thomas Bernhard
It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics — Geraldo Rivera
I was deeply impressed and moved by his masterful playing. He was highly polished, profound, subtle, and intense. He was extremely fluent in a great… — Pete La Roca
You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well. — Juan Manuel Fangio
According to how gifted we are, we are all given a large or small key to this treasury of wonders. I have been blessed with… — Rosemary Wells
It is always a great pleasure, and surprise, when you happen on just the perfect place in which to plant some special treasure. — Margery Fish

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