Quotes About Pleasure

I'm a big believer that you can try to change the world based on philosophy, doctrine, and belief. But I think the thing that really drives the world is hedonism, the pleasure factor.

Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

You can lose yourself in pleasure, 'til your body's going numb, but will it ever be enough.

I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose.

The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.

The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.

I like the philosophy of the sandwich, as it were. It typifies my attitude to life, really. It's all there, it's fun, it looks good, and you don't have to wash up afterwards.

Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure

Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that's what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.

I think we all have a similar philosophy about comedy and comic performance which is that it's at its best when you can see the pleasure the performer has, when you can see a glimmer in the eye.

The sensual experiences in life are not to be avoided. This is the philosophy of Tantric Buddhism - nor are they particularly to be sought after.

Beauty has its own vices.

There's a "Pleasure"of happinessIn every thing I really wanna doWhen I find true happinessIn every thing I can do - Cocoy McCoy -

Life is too short to enjoy all the beauties of life.

Dave was a confirmed serotonin junkie. Any day of the year, he chose a good book, a hot cupper, and air-conditioning over jeopardy to life and limb.

Take It and Like It

...but sometimes mindless entertainment was a release of its own. Most important, mindless entertainment didn't come with complications.

Sometime we get so tired that we wish to get defeated, and want to feel the pleasure of that failure.

Do you know, by the way, that German is the only language in the world that has a word for 'pleasure derived from the misfortune of others'? Schadenfreude.

Candy always tastes better when the expectations are high.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

When you kiss me, your lips upon mine, your kisses taste so sweet, just like a glass of good wine.

Life must be enjoyed to be truly lived.