Pleasureless Quotes & Sayings

It is mentally and morally injurious to man to do anything in which he does not find pleasure, and many forms of labour are quite pleasureless activities, and should be regarded as such. — Oscar Wilde

There were three things sought by invaders who crossed
oceans to discover America. Those were gold, gospel, glory.
There are four things sought by aliens who crossed heavens
to discover planet earth. Those are gold, gospel, glory, gene. — Toba Beta

Have you returned for me? Is this the last flash before starting anew? Will it hurt? Will it matter if it does? Was I kind enough? Did I love with more than fit inside me? — Tyler Knott Gregson

Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart. — Seneca The Younger

Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood. — Richard O'Brien

It seemed to him as if he were beholding in a magic panorama a future where he himself was sliding into that pleasureless yielding to the small solicitations of circumstance, which is a commoner history of perdition than any single momentous bargain. — George Eliot

Not only is it possible to do lean startup in federal government, but it's the most effective way to drive change in the federal government. — Todd Park