Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.
The idea makes a lot of people uncomfortable. [...] It's hurt a great many people and been responsible for a great deal of misery. But, to my mind at least, that doesn't mean it can't now bring pleasure to someone.
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.
Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I'm a man of simple pleasures, really.
I find that I take a great deal of pleasure knowing I get up people's noses to some degree.
...the pleasures of literary fiction are the pleasures of orientation; the pleasures of literature are the pleasures of bewilderment.
We need to get acquainted with mediocrity to notice greatness.
I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner.
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
Every time I come home, it is the same great pleasure to lie down in my bed. That's when I think, 'home sweet home.'
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to hel...
You turn the book over in your hands, you scan the sentences on the back of the jacket, generic phrases that don't say a great deal. So much the better, there is no message that indiscreetly outshouts the message that the book itself must communicate...
Pleasure represents a great good but also a grave danger.
Kristen Bell is one of my best friends. I've had the pleasure of working with some really great people, and Kristen is just a beautiful, talented young lady.
Confused by the mind and diffused by the senses, we seek Pleasure and lose the great Treasure called Life.-RVM
I've seen other comics, with great pleasure, watching their own specials, and I don't know how or why they do it.
