Pleasurable Quotes
142 quotes by 131 authors
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Only one hour in the normal day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed with a book before going to sleep, and that…
— Rose Macaulay
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Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity.
— Norbert Elias
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Making the extra effort to say thanks in a genuine, personal manner goes a long way. It is pleasurable to do, and it encourages more…
— Richard Branson
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The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You see, it keeps…
— Rita Dove
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The more we make an effort to keep our thoughts positive, the more pleasurable our journey in life will be.
— James Van Praagh
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It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it, which is why the world population continues…
— Peter Lynch
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Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it…
— Mary Oliver
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It just makes everything more pleasurable when you've got someone that emotionally is there to rely on,
— Daniel Johns
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Beauty is no material thing. Beauty cannot be copied. Beauty is the sensation of pleasure on the mind of the seer. No thing is beautiful.…
— Robert Henri
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Voila, pleasurable indeed. Oh yeah, satisfy my need. Alright, how I long to be. My soul on fire and my spirit free.
— Michael Tolcher
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'WHEN two lovers are making love, and if they are both no-selves, nothingness, then a spontaneous pleasurable sensation happens. Then their body energy, their whole…
— Rajneesh
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It took me better than a quarter century to learn, the hard way, that hard work at something you want to be doing is the…
— Spider Robinson
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As I bit into the nectarine, it had a crisp juiciness about it that was very pleasurable-until I realized it wasn't a nectarine at all,…
— Jack Handey
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Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Man cannot always think of matter, however pleasurable it may be.
— Swami Vivekananda
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Sex is a pleasurable exercise in plumbing, but be careful or you'll get yeast in your drain tap.
— Rita Mae Brown
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Learning is a deep human need, like mating and eating, and like all such needs it is meant to be deeply pleasurable to human beings.
— James Paul Gee
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I believe that eating simple food in a healthy body with a clean conscience is more pleasurable, and infinitely more satisfying, then eating decadent food…
— John Robbins
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Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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