Mark Van Doren: What these books have conclusively proven is that the diffence between men and women is exactly 38 pages. Man 1: Can I quote you, Mark? Mark Van Doren: Not before I quote me. Dorothy Van Doren: His own quotes are his greatest pleasure...
One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is tomorrow.
The greatest virtue is like water; good for everything.
The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a sweetheart's.
[last lines] Death: I have seen a great many things. I have attended all the world's worst disasters, and worked for the greatest of villains. And I've seen the greatest wonders. But it's still like I said it was: no one lives forever. Death: When I ...
If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.
Lectio, quae placuit, decies repetita placebit. (What we read with pleasure we can read many times with pleasure.)
It was his vocation to pleasure as many women as possible, in pursuit of his own pleasure. It was as close to a job as he got.
…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to
Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.
Sometimes you don’t even have to have sex at all, and for that kind of sicko, you charge double.
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is wanting.
In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature.
To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity.
One kind of walking which I do not recall seeing mentioned anywhere in the literature of the subject is imaginary walking.
The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.
Fashion is where I make my living. I'm not knocking it; it's a pleasure to make a living that way. Then there's the deeper pleasure of doing my portraits.
The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
Where there is happiness, the need for pleasure isn't highly necessary, but where there is pleasure, the gift of happiness is still highly needed. Try not to mistake the two.
