Air Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“A life too full of excitement is an exhausting life, in which continually stronger stimuli are needed to give the thrill that has come…

— Bertrand Russell

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane…

— Daniel Radcliffe

As the pleasure principle is unconstrained by a moral compass based on a respect for others, it is increasingly shaped by the need for…

— Henry Giroux

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

— Ovid

Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.

— Robert Smith Surtees

Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had…

— Charles Spurgeon

For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the…

— Ferran Adria

There is no greater pleasure than having a dog. And that's a scientific fact!

— Louis Sabin

Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself…

— Lord Chesterfield

Enjoyment of life is not based on enjoyable circumstances. It is an attitude of the heart, a decision to enjoy everything because everything -…

— Joyce Meyer

Sense of pleasure we may well Spare out of life perhaps, and not repine, But live content, which is the calmest life; But pain…

— John Milton

I derive a lot of joy from cooking. Had cooking been a mandatory task, I probably would have felt differently about it.

— Anubhav Sinha