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Quotes About Pleasure

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
~ Baruch Spinoza
I write and have done so primarily for personal pleasure.
~ Franz Wright
The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.
~ Jean Racine
Secularism does not accept many things as absolutes. Its principal objectives are pleasure and self-interest. Often, those who embrace secularism have a different look about them.
~ James E. Faust
Reading is like the sex act - done privately, and often in bed.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin
To buy dinner transmits that you feel time spent in your date's company has been a pleasure and a privilege.
~ Lynn Coady
It's going to be a pleasure to coach Cristiano Ronaldo. Certainly, he's one of the top players in the world next to Lionel Messi, and I'm looking forward to the privilege of coaching such a fantastic player.
~ Massimiliano Allegri
I feel privileged to be able to do what I enjoy doing and that I also get paid to do it. That gives me great pleasure.
~ Samuel Eto'o
My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.
~ Boris Johnson
I look at life as a one-time opportunity, and you have to take pleasure in each moment, even if it is very problematic.
~ Ori Gersht
We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
~ Warren Buffett
I'm a boring guy who's got a great job in a profession that still gives me a great deal of pleasure after 35 years.
~ Sonny Mehta
Music's supposed to be entertaining. But there are different types of entertainment.
~ Paul Wall
I really enjoy making breakfast and dinner. But breakfast is a good excuse to have some dessert before dinner.
~ Tia Mowry
A cheese dip is good - it's for when you're like, 'You know what, I've had a long day. I'm just gonna eat a big bowl of cheese, and I'm not gonna care about it.'
~ Antoni Porowski
It is always a pleasure to be directed by an actor because they know the scene from the actor's perspective, too. That's an advantage.
~ Naseeruddin Shah
I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.
~ Padma Lakshmi
As disciplined as I am, I'm also a huge hedonist.
~ Jason Bateman
I take pleasure in discovering resourcefulness inside me.
~ Rachael Stirling
I'll cheerfully confess to spending a lot of time playing completely disgusting computer games that have no redeeming social value.
~ James Gleick
I have the distinct pleasure of doing exactly what I want to do and get paid for it. It's a joy.
~ Ronald D. Moore
I don't see any distinction between work and pleasure so I do spend a lot of what other people might consider my leisure time doing history things.
~ Lucy Worsley
I mean, movies need distraction.
~ Ol Parker
If we know we're just going to have sex and then ditch the guy, it can be fun.
~ Rachel Perry