happiness

"With this recognition of the finality of death, no one should willingly withhold acts that would bring benefits, joy or happiness to others."

"To be genuinely civilized means to be able to walk straightly and to live honorably without the props and crutches of one or another of the childish dreams which have so far supported men. That such a…"

"Women fake vaginal orgasms, the only 'mature' sexuality, because men demand that they enjoy vaginal penetration."

"'T is happy for him that his father was before him."

"The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret."

"Neither ecological nor social engineering will lead us to a conflict-free, simple path . . . Utilitarians and others who simply advise us to be happy are unhelpful, because we almost always have to ma…"

"The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable."

"Pleasers … make up what Earl Shorris has called “the oppressed middle,” the middle-managers who enjoy “the comforts of fearful people” and pay by submitting to their superiors’ definitions of happines…"

"Our job is not for us to enjoy it. Our job is to make sure they enjoy it, and that's what we did ."

"To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives."

"I think what I love the most about sci-fi or people that are fans of sci-fi is that they are really hooked on the details and the storytelling aspect of everything. I’ve really enjoyed, I love jamming…"

"I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself."

"I am not in a position to enjoy sexual relations."

"The basic paradox about sex is that it always seems to be offering more than it can deliver. A glimpse of a girl undressing through a lighted bedroom window induces a vision of ecstatic delight, but i…"

"Not only there does not exist, nor can exist, any other revenue than the clear produce of land, but it is the earth also that has furnished all capitals, that form the mass of all the advances of cult…"

"I try and keep an ear out and keep an open mind and enjoy something where I don't know what the hell is going on inside of it. That's what I really get out of it. Because to me it's new. That's what I…"

"Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way."

"He is happy, whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent, who can suit his temper to any circumstances."

"...habits are happiness of a sort..."

"I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute: and who but I? Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure …"