Pleasure Quotes
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Much of that afternoon remains an intense blur: Maybe extremes of pleasure and pain are just too much for the memory to handle, which is why we forget.
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It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.
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Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.
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Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure.
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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
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It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.
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A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher and acts like a Samaritan.
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I believe that sensory pleasure should take precedence over intellectual pleasure in art and architecture.
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Pleasures are manifestations of God's name.
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Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.
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Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.
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The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.
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He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.
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I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.
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Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.
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A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it.
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Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.
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Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.
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Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.
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Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else, and comes by the way.
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Any manual skill gives its practitioner much personal pleasure, particularly when it is one that admits of constant improvement.
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In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure.
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Pleasure, like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad, and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition.
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I like the roar of cities. In the mart, Where busy toilers strive for place and gain, I seem to read humanity's great heart, And share its hopes, its pleasures, and its pain.
