Pleasure Quotes - Page 38

The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.

The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.

Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.

So scanty is our present allowance of happiness that in many situations life could scarcely be supported if hope were not allowed to relieve the present hour by pleasures borrowed from the future.

It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.

Sexual pleasure is a legitimate right of the human being.

Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.

It's such a pleasure to write down splendid words—almost as though one were inventing them.

An author is a person who can never take innocent pleasure in visiting a bookstore again.

I'm just another Opry entertainer. I'm not the start of the Opry, and I'm not the ending. I'm not the Alpha, and I'm not the Omega. It's been a pleasure taking part in the Opry and country music these many years. I'm part of a big operation.

Pleasure is far sweeter as a recreation than a business.

I've had the pleasure to work with a lot of very great actors. And they're too different to say who's the best.

When you die, God and the Angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.

It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as 'Headhunters' did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done.

Personally, my daughter's wedding gave me a tremendous pleasure.

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who love books, but do not live by books

Feed him ye must, whose food fills you. And that this pleasure is like raine, Not sent ye for to drowne your paine, But for to make it spring againe.

Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.

Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.

The Eastern monarch who proclaimed a reward to him who should discover a new pleasure, would have deserved well of mankind had he stipulated that it should be blameless.

If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.

There are men who have themselves whipped simply to increase their sexual pleasure. These, in contrast with true masochists, regard flagellation as a means to an end.

The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.

Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character.

When I see a news story on a site, about a movie that I'm interested in, it's like the mouse going for the pleasure button and I click it. But then, when I see the movie, it's like, "Oh, I would have enjoyed the movie that much more, if I hadn't known that."