Quotes About Pleasure

I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too.

Sensuality takes planning and work.

The only reason I work out is so I can eat more cheese.

I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.

But few have spoken of the actual pleasure derived from giving to someone, from creating something, from finishing a task, form offering unexpected help almost invisibly and anonymously.

Larry Kasdan has made some of my favorite movies of all time so just to be working with him was a pleasure. Now that I have, I not only respect his work but I just love and respect him as a person.

Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.

Work is work if you're paid to do it, and it's a pleasure if you pay to be allowed to do it.

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.

Garry Hill is a pleasure to be around, and his work is a rewarding reflection of my career.

You can never discount the pleasure of showing up to work with Scarlett Johansson and now Cobie Smulders. That's just a day that's easy on your eyes.

I'm a person who is only invested in the pleasures and enjoyments of life. All the rest is left to the men. I've always remained what you might call "feminine" about the whole [work] thing.

I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.

In every work a reward added makes the pleasure twice as great.

The Italians have their priorities right: They're driven, they do their work, but they really enjoy the day-to-day and they don't put off the enjoyment of the everyday for some future goal.

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.

Life for most people is a bad dream. They live in pain, grabbing at what they can for pleasure. As they grow old, they despair. Things don't work out the way you planned.

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop?

Work is both my living and my pleasure.

It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to blaze forth in unparalleled radiance.

Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.

One thing that's hard for me to resist is street food. I know it is the unhealthiest option, but even with all the oil, nothing can beat tikkis.

When I'm out there on the streets, I enjoy meeting people and listening to their complaints and critiques. It's something that I take great pleasure in.