Quotes About Pleasure

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle.

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere.

In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasure

Then since we mortal lovers are, Ask not how long our love may last; But while it does, let us take care Each minute be with pleasure passed: Were it not madness to deny To live because we're sure to die?

Life is trade; we trade our labor for its fruit, we trade hours of study for knowledge, we trade pleasure for pleasure or sometimes for wealth, security, or offspring.

It was just Gaston's luck that Orro's prized duck, which he had worked on for three days, had finished cooking. Gaston cut off another piece, speared a sliver of potato dusted with herbs, and chewed with obvious pleasure. "Should we leave you two alone?" Sean asked.

Eating Orro's food was as close as you could get to nirvana without enlightenment.

Life is trade; we trade our labour for its fruit, we trade hours of study for knowledge, we trade pleasure for pleasure or sometimes for wealth, security, or offspring.

It is an empirical judgement [to say] that I perceive and judge an object with pleasure. But it is an a priori judgement [to say] that I find it beautiful, i.e. I attribute this satisfaction necessarily to every one.

Come sempre all'indomani di ogni catastrofe, ci sarebbero stati nuovi ricchi, uomini pronti a comprare il piacere pagandolo a caro prezzo, perché il loro era denaro facile, ottenuto senza fatica, e l'amore sarebbe stato sempre lo stesso.

His voice, when he spoke German, especially with that commanding tone, took on a sharp, resonant quality. Hearing it gave Lucille the same pleasure that a slightly rough kiss might –– the kind of kiss that ends with a little bite.

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.

I ate and drank slowly as one should (cook fast, eat slowly) and without distractions such as (thank heavens) conversation or reading. Indeed eating is so pleasant one should even try to suppress thought. Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Every meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.

How sad for those who cannot enjoy what are after all prime pleasures of daily life, and perhaps for some the only ones, eating and drinking.

We naturally take in the catastrophes of our friends a pleasure which genuinely does not preclude friendship. This is partly but not entirely because we enjoy being empowered as helpers. The unexpected or inappropriate catastrophe is especially piquant.

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better. Life

We take a self-forgetful pleasure in the sheer alien pointless independent existence of animals, birds, stones and trees.

Happiness must exist. It can't all be made of pain. But what is happiness made of?

She did not really mind not altogether enjoying it in bed.

Uno de los secretos de una vida feliz es la continuidad de los pequeños placeres, y si algunos pueden ser baratos y conseguidos sin demora, tanto mejor.

I can browse indefinitely in a stationer's shop, indeed there is hardly anything in a good stationer's which I do not like and want.

Drugs are always fun.

A lot of men are wankers cause they don't mind bad sex, but for a woman bad sex is far worse than no sex at all.

Most importantly, we shag at least twice a day. It's proper sex, relaxed and unhurried, no done on the sly.