Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Arthur SchopenhauerI need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world.
Angelina JolieIf pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
Samuel JohnsonIf pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
Elbert HubbardThere is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
Samuel JohnsonI can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
John D. RockefellerIf all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
Bertrand RussellI’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.
Cristiano RonaldoNot what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
EpicurusPeople take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
John D. RockefellerI think we’re having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we’re always trying to do better.
Steve JobsA man’s delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
Arthur SchopenhauerWe fear that this moment will end, that we won’t get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.
Thich Nhat HanhSatisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
Arthur SchopenhauerI think I don’t take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it’s a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun.
Bruno MarsThere are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
Charles DickensFun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.
Richard BransonAre you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Dale CarnegieI confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.
H. L. MenckenAnimation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
Walt DisneyThe only film I’ve enjoyed starring a wrestler was Mickey Rourke in ‚The Wrestler.‘
Dwayne JohnsonI’ve enjoyed all the parts of my career.
Dolly PartonOne of the huge imbalances in life is the disparity between your daily existence, with its routines and habits, and the dream you have within yourself of some extraordinarily satisfying way of living.
Wayne DyerBlessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Thomas CarlyleOnly he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Henry David ThoreauNot necessity, not desire – no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything – health, food, a place to live, entertainment – they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
Friedrich NietzscheWomen have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
H. L. MenckenA happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaIf one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Oscar WildeOur care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaWhat’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Bob DylanI don’t have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what’s appropriate or attractive.
Anthony BourdainI want to destroy ownership in order that possession and enjoyment may be raised to the highest point in every section of the community.
George Bernard ShawThe important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
Joseph AddisonGod Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Francis BaconIf merely ‚feeling good‘ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
William JamesNo man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired; it gives you satisfaction.
Narendra ModiIf one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
EpictetusThe reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it’s only money… they don’t know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.
Alan WattsSoutheast Asia has a real grip on me. From the very first time I went there, it was a fulfillment of my childhood fantasies of the way travel should be.
Anthony BourdainThe joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.
Sunil ChhetriWhen you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled.
Joel OsteenWork is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
B. C. ForbesIf I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.
Marcus Tullius CiceroA man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel JohnsonI have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
Albert CamusI’m not looking to get away from anything. I like what I’ve done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.
Adam SandlerI think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.
Edmund HillaryBehold the child, by Nature’s kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Alexander PopeBread without flesh is a good diet, as on many botanical excursions I have proved. Tea also may easily be ignored. Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need – not unreasonably much, yet one ought to be trained and tempered to enjoy life in these brave wilds in full independence of any particular kind of nourishment.
John MuirIt seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have… we always want more.
Joyce MeyerNo money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
Samuel JohnsonIt takes up enough of my time and interest just working on comedy. I just enjoy it and love doing it.
Jerry SeinfeldAs unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.
Brene BrownIllusion is the first of all pleasures.
VoltaireIf you like it you should enjoy it! Moderation in everything. If there’s things you really love, you should enjoy. You get one life, so you should enjoy it.
Tom BradyOn the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
Edmund HillaryIt is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
Arthur Schopenhauer