“I totally agree. I hate knowing too much when I'm going to the cinema and watching as a viewer. I don't want to know that the actor has just gone through a divorce. I don't want to know that the person is an alcoholic. It just gets in the way of my pleasure of watching the character on the screen.” KnowsWayWantPersonsCharacterHateActorsPleasureGoneKnowingToo MuchI HateAgreeDivorceScreensCinemaViewersAlcoholicsKnowing Too Much Author:Keira Knightley
“Any artist, in any field, wants to press deeper, to discover further. Image and sound play are among the strongest colors available to poetry's palette. For a long time, I've wanted to invite in more strangeness, more freedom of imagination. Yet music, seeing, and meaning are also cohering disciplines. They can be stretched, and that is part of poetry's helium pleasure. But not to the point of breaking.” WantLongPlayWantedArtistSoundImaginationPleasureSeeingFieldsColorDisciplineLong TimePressesAvailableDeeperStrongestInvitesStrangenessPaletteHelium Author:Jane Hirshfield
“I think that a good education ought to be in part the idea that ease and joy are not synonymous. Some of the most fulfilling pleasures of life are to be found in work - found in work you love to do, work you want to do, work that makes you want to get out of bed in the morning.” ThinkingWantIdeasJoyFoundPleasureMorningOughtBedEaseFulfillingGood EducationPleasures Of LifeWork You Love Author:David McCullough
“The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of it. Reading should be a joy - fun, fun, fun - not a responsibility, not something you do because society demands it, but something you do because it's a pleasure.” WantShouldDoeKidsJoyReadingFunPleasureResponsibilityDemandAncientStorytellingAwe Author:Natalie Babbitt
“In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.” WantAgeSimplePleasureForgottenWhat You WantSimple PleasuresGetting What You WantBrowsing Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others.” WantChildrenPleasureDiversityOur ChildrenRaisesHeritage Book:You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor Source: You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor
“If you were my queen, truly my queen, our court would be stronger still. If you were mine , without mortal distractions, we'd be safer. We'd be stronger if we were truly together. Summer is a time to rejoice in pleasures and heat. When I'm around you, I want to forget everything else. I love Donia. I always will, but when I'm near you--" He stopped himself.” IfsWantStillsWould BeTogetherForgetPleasureMinesSummerStrongerCourtMortalsQueensHeatDistractionRejoiceForget Everything Author:Melissa Marr
“That is why we fly from the inner void, since God might steal into it. It is not the pursuit of pleasure and the aversion for effort which causes sin, but fear of God. We know that we cannot see him face to face without dying, and we do not want to die.” KnowsWantMightFacesDiesCausesSinPleasureEffortDyingPursuitStealingVoidFace To FaceWanting To DieAversion Author:Nina Simone
“Most of what I read is for reviewing purposes or related to something I want to write about. It's slightly utilitarian. I definitely miss that sense of being a disinterested reader who's reading purely for the pleasure of imagining his way into emotional situations and vividly realized scenes in nineteenth-century France or late nineteenth-century Russia.” WayWantWritingPurposeReadingPleasureSituationCenturyMissingEmotionalReaderSceneLateRussiaFranceRelatedNineteenth CenturyDisinterestedUtilitarian Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I feel very privileged to get to read and write and not to have to do things that I don't like, and I don't want to give that up. Everything else is just a bonus and often a distraction from the writing, reading, and traveling that gives me the most pleasure.” WantGivingFeelsWritingReadingPleasureGive MeDistractionPrivilegedBonus Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Human beings are afraid of dying. They are always running after something: money, honor, and pleasure. But if you had to die now, what would you want?” IfsWantHumansRunningDiesHuman BeingsPleasureDyingHonorAlways Running Author:Taisen Deshimaru
“If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have dessert, I will be equally incapable of enjoying my dessert. With the fork in my hand, I will be thinking about what to do next, and the texture and flavor of the dessert, together with the pleasure of eating it, will be lost. I will always be dragged into the future, never able to live in the present moment.” IfsThinkingWantI CanMomentsHandsAbleTogetherNextLostEnjoyPleasureEatingPresent MomentDishesIncapableFlavorTextureWashingDessertLive In The PresentForksWashing Dishes Author:Nhat Hanh
“The pleasure in traveling consists of the obstacles, the fatigue, and even the danger. What charm can anyone find in an excursion when he is always sure of reaching his destination, of having horses ready waiting for him, a soft bed, an excellent supper, and all the eases and comfort he can enjoy in his own home! One of the great misfortunes of modern life is the want of any sudden surprise, and the absence of all adventure. Everything is so well arranged.” WantWellsHomeLife IsWaitingEnjoyPleasureModernDangerAdventureReadyComfortBedHorseSurpriseObstaclesAbsenceExcellentEaseCharmReachingDestinationMisfortunesFatigueModern LifeSupperExcursions Author:Theophile Gautier