Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. (Quote by - Irving Babbitt)

Our only idea was to get rid of the dross as soon as possible, but at the same time have as much pleasure and enjoyment as the country would afford. (Quote by - Kit Carson)

There are people who put their own dismal prejudices, their half-baked colonial chippiness and their enjoyment of the agreeable futilities of sport ahead of these terrible things. (Quote by - Simon Barnes)

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. (Quote by - Aldous Huxley)

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world. (Quote by - Cesare Pavese)

Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself. (Quote by - Bobby Hull)

I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously. (Quote by - Warren Zevon)

I didn't want to stay until I had used up all the enjoyment because that's too long to stay anywhere. (Quote by - Darrell Royal)

For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his state. (Quote by - John Milton)

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

What we are only now beginning to fully realize is that in seeking material pleasure too constantly, the capacity for enjoyment or fulfillment decreases and eventually becomes exhausted. (Quote by - Alex Campbell)

The real thing is, you should be seeing these plays in the Theatre. That's what they were written for. That's where the enjoyment is. Studying them is no enjoyment whatsoever. (Quote by - Tony Randall)

After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting. (Quote by - Danish proverb)

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy. (Quote by - Thornton Wilder)

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. (Quote by - Kin Hubbard)

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. (Quote by - Walter Benjamin)

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. (Quote by - George Santayana)

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction. (Quote by - C. S. Lewis)

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern. (Quote by - Alfred North Whitehead)

Temper your Enjoyment with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.". (Quote by - Francis Quarles)

Luxury is more deadly than any foe. (Quote by - Juvenal)

For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful. (Quote by - Randy West)

The day is past when schools could afford to give sufficient time and attention to the teaching of the ancient languages to enable the student to get that enjoyment out of classical literature that made the lives of our grandfathers so rich. (Quote by - James Loeb)

A sense of wrongdoing is an enhancement of pleasure. (Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)