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Pleasure Quotes

"One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure."

"One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"And not wretched sausages half full of bread and soya bean either, but real meaty, spicy ones, fat and piping hot and burst and just the tiniest bit burnt."

"And not wretched sausages half full of bread and soya bean either, but real meaty, spicy ones, fat and piping hot and burst and just the tiniest bit burnt."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Pleasure, Food, Joy, Experience, Desire

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"Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."

"Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure."

"Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure."

Rex Harrison, British Actor

Pleasure, Tomorrow

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"Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice."

"Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market; or the precipice."

Robinson Jeffers, American Poet

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"But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do."

"But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

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"Pleasure, sex - I never did understand this - but a system like the real world has it's on glitches and bugs."

"Pleasure, sex - I never did understand this - but a system like the real world has it's on glitches and bugs."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Pleasure, Confusion, Truth, Power, Life

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"Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all."

"Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all."

Arthur Adamov, Russian Playwright

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"It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses."

"It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses."

Barbara McClintock, American Scientist

Pleasure, Problems, Reward, Years

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"The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing."

"The mere brute pleasure of reading the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Pleasure, Reading

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"Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked."

"Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked."

Alex Cox, British Director

Pleasure, Projects, Saying

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"There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward."

"There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward."

John Mortimer, English Novelist

Pleasure, Worth, Years

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"Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure."

"Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually."

"If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually."

Lila Acheson Wallace, American Publisher

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"Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?"

"Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?"

Charles Eames, American Designer

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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Pleasure, Comfort, Books, Tea, Contentment

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"Buying is a profound pleasure."

"Buying is a profound pleasure."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Pleasure, Buying

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"Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid."

"Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid."

William Cowper, English Poet

Pleasure, Remorse

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"The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior."

"The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Pleasure, Tension, Writing

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"Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes."

"Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes."

Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet

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"I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure."

"I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"It's always a pleasure to find something that matters."

"It's always a pleasure to find something that matters."

Don Cornelius, American Director

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"Drink the nectar of love from the flowers of life."

"Drink the nectar of love from the flowers of life."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Pleasure, Love, Life, Flowers, Joy

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"Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out."

"Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

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"Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free."

"Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free."

Anita Loos, American Writer

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"A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity."

"A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Pleasure, Felicity, Happiness, Human, Joy

"It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

"It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce."

"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce."

Xenophon, Greek Soldier

"The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing."

"The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Pleasure, Reading

"... I experienced, suddenly, that special pleasure, which bore no resemblance to any other..."

"... I experienced, suddenly, that special pleasure, which bore no resemblance to any other..."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Pleasure, Uniqueness, Emotion, Experience

"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure."

"Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Pleasure, Temptation

"Not town can live peacefully, whatever its laws," Plato wrote, "when its citizens ... do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in the cares of love."But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovely meal? Or to learn how to speak a language for no higher purpose than that it pleases your ear to hear it? Or to nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then to do it again the next day?"

"Not town can live peacefully, whatever its laws," Plato wrote, "when its citizens ... do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in the cares of love."But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to travel through time with no greater ambition than to find the next lovely meal? Or to learn how to speak a language for no higher purpose than that it pleases your ear to hear it? Or to nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then to do it again the next day?"

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Pleasure, Life, Joy, Travel

"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Pleasure, Joy, Desire, Emotion

"Laugh, enjoy and pleasure make you live more."

"Laugh, enjoy and pleasure make you live more."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Pleasure, Happiness, Truth, Life, Inspirational

"Great sex is a natural drug."

"Great sex is a natural drug."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Pleasure, Happiness, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Pleasure, like the sparrow, never sits on any one branch too long."

"Pleasure, like the sparrow, never sits on any one branch too long."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Pleasure, Life, Joy, Truth

"My senses are alive with pleasure and joy."

"My senses are alive with pleasure and joy."

Amy Leigh Mercree, American Author

Pleasure, Joy, Truth, Life

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