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Quotes About Pleasure

Eating good food is, to me, one of life's greatest joys, and I will never punish myself for it.
~ Miriam Shor
Running shouldn't feel like a punishment or an obligation. It should be a treat.
~ Christina Tosi
Well, any teacher or coach derives his greatest pleasure in their profession or their process when they see their pupil succeed, so I would say I definitely enjoy that part of the game.
~ Frank Vogel
Being on the road isn't hell - it's pure pleasure now.
~ Chris Rea
I think I write serious comedies. I would love to be able to write for pure pleasure, but the undertow is always loneliness.
~ Patrick Marber
Food can offer a moment of pure emotional pleasure in an otherwise hard and difficult world.
~ Antoni Porowski
Purely altruistic behavior is pretty much impossible because of the selfish pleasures we derive from it.
~ Nicholas Kristof
As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.
~ Jesmyn Ward
Reading is a pleasure, yes, but not without effort: choosing to read novels purely because they mirror your own experience is stultifying.
~ Dawn Foster
I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.
~ Lena Headey
I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
~ Daniel Boulud
You can go anywhere in the world, and people's faces light up when they put delicious food in their mouths.
~ Sandi Toksvig
Now just the thought of eating ice cream puts pounds on me.
~ David Nail
As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making them, seeing them - is not something that could ever lose its pleasure for me. That puts them on a short list of things that eternally give me joy - love, family, food, movies.
~ Mike Nichols
You have to find some way of engaging with the world around you, however it's constituted. The engagement is necessarily going to be flawed. But if you do it on your own terms, you'll be able to extract some pleasure from the world. It might even make you really happy sometimes.
~ Alexandra Kleeman
I like flesh. I do! Something to hold.
~ Antonio Banderas
Every time I fly first class, I'm like, 'Damn dude, this is sick!'
~ Geraldine Viswanathan
I try to keep focused on the things that really make me happy and just do those same things.
~ John Singleton
I am very fond of chocolates.
~ Riya Sen
I like eating. I like food.
~ Robert Whittaker
In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.
~ Gene Tierney
Why do we get so angry at ourselves when we eat foods we love? Do you think guys walk around going, 'I just ate a cheeseburger and I'm so mad at myself?'
~ Martina McBride
I like nice food. Some people like cars, nice clothes, a nice house, and I like that stuff, but I like nice foods.
~ Austin Aries
I enjoy healthy foods but I'm not scared to have a cheat meal or cheat day, have a burger or whatever.
~ Jimi Manuwa