#plea

Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did. ↗

— Earl Butz

#i #most #pleasant #pleasant thing #teaching

My instinct as a philosopher is that we are effectively approaching a multicentric world, which means we need to ask new, and for the traditional left, unpleasant questions. ↗

— Slavoj Zizek

#ask #effectively #instinct #left #means

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. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#fool #great #great pleasure #him #himself

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. ↗

— Lord Byron

#moralist #out #pleasure #pour #sages

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't. ↗

— Lord Byron

#book #in print #name #nothing #pleasant

I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way. ↗

— Vince Cable

#cats #completely #confront #cut #environmental

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#love #matter #pleasure #precision #utmost

I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#books #campaigns #countries #endured #experiences

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. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#beginning #capacity #constantly #decreases #enjoyment

Little things please little minds. ↗

— Ovid

#little minds #little things #minds #please #things