Quotes About Pleasure

Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.

Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

To work without pleasure or affection, to make a product that is not both useful and beautiful, is to dishonor God, nature, the thing that is made, and whomever it is made for.

The real problem with all drugs is that they work. Fantastically. They're great, right up until the moment they kill you.

If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.

We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.

Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

Occupation was one of the pleasures of paradise, and we cannot be happy without it.

The wise individual doesn't get too attached to any of life's pleasures, knowing that wonderful science is hard at work proving it's bad for him.

That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you do want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and working with people who are young and interested and creatively keen.

Exercise teaches you the pleasure of discipline.

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

My favorite splurges are cheese pizza with hot peppers, Haagen-Dazs maple-walnut ice cream, Giant brand ice cream sandwiches, and fire sticks - those hot candies the size of a three-inch ruler.

It's still my happiest time when I'm eating.

I think you need to have a day or two when you treat yourself, because it brings happiness, it stimulates your mind.

I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.

I used to sit on the couch, and I could go through a pound of Brie cheese and a movie. I was like, 'That's enough,' because it feels like a bowling ball in your stomach.

Fresh, ripe cocoa is amazing. It's so sweet but if you eat too much you get a sore stomach.