Pastoral Resources

If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually.

Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.

I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.

The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense.

It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world.

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

In the lexicon of the political class, the word 'sacrifice' means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it.

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.

The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years.

If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?

When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.

I knew I was going from the flock of Christ and had no resolution to return, hence serious reflections were uneasy to me, and youthful vanities and diversions were my greatest pleasure.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet.

The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills without generally caring to inform us why; and she sometimes decrees, indeed, that her reasons shall not be ours.

Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.