Focus Quote by Nir Eyal

“For me it's connection-the pleasure of an expansive, long-ranging dinner conversation with people who do all sorts of things and being able to come…

— Richard Powers

“what draws us to act is not the sensation we receive from the reward itself, but the need to alleviate the craving for that…

— Nir Eyal

“...the true test of the perversity of a pleasure is that it occupies a disproportionate amount of the attention.”

— Aleister Crowley

“Countless pleasures are wasted through ignorance and a want of skill and attention.”

— Emile Peynaud

“May suitable doses of guaranteed sensual pleasure and slow, long-lasting enjoyment preserve us from the contagion of the multitude who mistake frenzy for efficiency.”

— Folco Portinari

Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.

— Richard Steele

“The excessive pleasure we imagine receiving from what we want most of all is fleeting at best.”

— Peter Rollins

The pleasure derived from viewing the achievements of others, coupled with a true appreciation of nature, sharpens the desire to express pictorially.

— Edgar Alwin Payne

“Pleasure is the enemy of purpose.”

— Christian Michael

“The articulation of the other's body in words turns it into a map of possible pleasure, effectively distancing that body by transforming it into…

— Siri Hustvedt

“We support all actions that lead to the joy, the fun, the reward, the challenge, and the adventure of reading.”

— Paul Acampora

“There is only the striving, the continual striving to find the joy, the thrill, and the love in it.”

— Margaret Webb