There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.
While it can be pleasurable to move speedily through a work of fiction, there's a different sort of pleasure to be had in lingering, backtracking, rereading the same page.
It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
My guilty pleasure, to be frank with you, is 'The Monkees.'
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing.
I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction. I subscribe to National Geographic, Scientific American, Discover, and a slew of other magazines. And it is while reading articles for pleasure and interest that an interesting 'What if?' will pop into my head.
I subscribe to 'National Geographic,' 'Scientific American,' 'Discover,' and a slew of other magazines. And it is while reading articles for pleasure and interest that an interesting 'What if?' will pop into my head.
Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
It is always a pleasure to see what NYC, London, Paris and Milan have to offer.
A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
When we obey God, we're not doing it for God... we're doing it for ourself. Because God takes pleasure when we're happy.
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.
