Pleasure Quotes

4661 Pleasure quotes by 2495 unique authors

In preparing my thesis, I have had the pleasure of collecting testimonies from colleagues such as Placido Domingo but also from singing teachers and musicologists.… — Andrea Bocelli
Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover. — Giotto di Bondone
Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?' — Anthony Bourdain
The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as… — Anthony Bourdain
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure… — Anthony Bourdain
Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount… — Jo Brand
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. — Alvin Ailey
The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if… — Charlotte Bronte
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself. — Emily Bronte
I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14. — Joyce Brothers
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. — Jean de la Bruyere
Play is the exultation of the possible. — Martin Buber
If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain. — Jimmy Buffett
We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. — Warren Buffett
Mind you, I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad; one who gladly admits she reached the size she is now solely through… — Julie Burchill
People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial. — Julie Burchill
It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes… — Martin Van Buren
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. — William S. Burroughs
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
There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader. — A. S. Byatt
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and… — Lord Byron
For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear. — Lord Byron
I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. — Lord Byron

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