#pleasure

It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses. ↗

— Barbara McClintock

#having #might #much #over #person

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. ↗

— David McCullough

#art #being #civic #enlargement #experience

I made a habit always to hear the Indians; and although they very often lie to me, I do not show them any displeasure for it, for I do not believe them and I do not decide anything until I have found out the truth. ↗

— Antonio de Mendoza

#always #any #anything #believe #decide

I'm not saying that it's wrong to make huge Hollywood films but it's just a different kind of feeling, a different sort of pleasure. ↗

— Roger Michell

#different kind #different sort #feeling #films #hollywood

If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue. ↗

— Alice Duer Miller

#criticize #doing #friends #hold #painful

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ↗

— John Mortimer

#forgoing #geriatric #just #pleasure #three

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ↗

— John Mortimer

#about #eat #extra #forgoing #geriatric

I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#film #film industry #happy #i #industry

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#always #anxious #children #day #father

Life is a balanced system of learning and evolution. Whether pleasure or pain; every situation in your life serves a purpose. It is up to us to recognize what that purpose could be. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#evolution #inspirational #learning #life #motivational