Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.
~By Paul Theroux ~
Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.
~By Nathaniel Hawthorne ~
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
~By Rudyard Kipling ~
I'll be 65 in September and I work as much as I want to, take cruises with Kay, relax with my family, do everything in moderation, because I want to enjoy my life.
~By Frankie Avalon ~
Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
~By William Feather ~
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
~By Mohandas Gandhi ~
I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!
~By Gloria Stuart ~
If I can bring joy into the world, if I can get people to stop thinking about their pain for a moment, or the fact the tomorrow morning they're going to get up and tell their boss off... then I'll be successful.
~By Bobby McFerrin ~
Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
~By Tom Stoppard ~
The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
~By Billy Sunday ~
Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much.
~By James Weldon Johnson ~
If you want music that speaks to you, that LISTENS to you, you have to go out of your way, which I enjoy actually. I'm constantly on a private-eye kick to find the totally obscure.
~By Trevor Dunn ~
The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death.
~By Howard Keel ~
Most high courts in other nations do not have discretion, such as we enjoy, in selecting the cases that the high court reviews. Our court is virtually alone in the amount of discretion it has.
~By Sandra Day O'Connor ~
I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.
~By Brigitte Bardot ~
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
~By Wendell Willkie ~
Our goal should be to achieve joy.
~By Ana Castillo ~
It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.
~By Robert G. Menzies ~
Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.
~By Herb Ritts ~
I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.
~By Spike Lee ~
Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.
~By Ken Livingstone ~
Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs. It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.
~By Al Jourgensen ~
None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
~By William Jennings Bryan ~
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
~By Storm Jameson ~
The vicious circle has been shattered. Canadians now enjoy the benefits of the virtuous circle.
~By Paul Martin ~
I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.
~By Poppy Z. Brite ~
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
~By Albert Einstein ~
It's a pity that I can never really enjoy my movies because, after the mixing, your capacity as a spectator just disappears. I have to think about what I felt just before the mixing.
~By Pedro Almodovar ~
And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc.
~By Duane G. Carey ~
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
~By Khalil Gibran ~
We have a certain group of people in this country that seem to want to lock up our national treasures, our national parks, and cherished places and keep the public from enjoying them.
~By Don Sherwood ~
Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
~By Daniel Boone ~
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
~By Thornton Wilder ~
Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment have been intellectual joys.
~By Honore de Balzac ~
Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.
~By Tony Snow ~
I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.
~By Alex O'Loughlin ~
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
~By Eleonora Duse ~
I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.
~By Lajos Kossuth ~
I feel a sense of sadness and joy. Mostly sadness though about what I've experienced and sadness about what others have experienced in reference to the stroke.
~By Luther Vandross ~
I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.
~By William Kempe ~
Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others.
~By Laurell K. Hamilton ~
I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world.
~By Mordecai Richler ~
I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.
~By Stephanie Beacham ~
Comfort rules. You want to be able to sit in a good chair comfortably for a few hours and be able to talk and enjoy a glass of wine. There's nothing worse than sitting in an uncomfortable chair.
~By Amanda Pays ~
Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.
~By Sarah Palin ~
I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and I'm not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books.
~By Jean M. Auel ~
Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
~By Anthony Doerr ~
It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
~By Woody Allen ~
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
~By Sallust ~
I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.
~By Shannon Hoon ~
Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners.
~By Robert Morgan ~
I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
~By Natalie Gulbis ~
I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.
~By Seamus Heaney ~
It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
~By Larry King ~
That may be a factor because we are the older show; we have been on the air for a while. Is it our day? Is it time to hang it up? But it seems that the show still continues, and we still enjoy being here. And that's a very important element.
~By Mark-Paul Gosselaar ~
I enjoyed playing around with that guy, and it was a pleasure every three, four years, coming back seeing how the wardrobe is. Is he heavy? Is he thin? I had fun.
~By Burt Young ~
When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
~By Maxim Gorky ~
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.
~By Oscar Wilde ~
It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.
~By Cecilia Bartoli ~
How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished, and still enjoy what one does, is unimaginable to me.
~By Anna Freud ~
You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.
~By Mitt Romney ~
I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal. I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don't really have hobbies in the traditional sense... I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
~By Alan Dean Foster ~
No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.
~By Franz Schubert ~
Having said that, I enjoyed every minute of my time and I got a degree of job satisfaction which I am sure was far greater than the majority of my colleagues.
~By Len G. Murray ~
He shall sit solitary by avoiding the company of men, he shall hold his peace by meditating upon the joys of heaven, and he has risen above his state by tasting celestial delights.
~By Saint Bonaventure Sequoyah ~
Jerry and I always felt that the character was enjoying himself. He was having fun: he wasn't taking himself seriously. It was always a lark for him, as you can see in my early drawings.
~By Joe Shuster ~
Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.
~By William Shakespeare ~
You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend!
~By Lewis Tappan ~
Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.
~By Virginia Woolf ~
Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.
~By Fred Melamed ~
I have enjoyed the years enormously in Cleveland and especially in Baltimore.
~By Art Modell ~
I believe that we have been doing this not primarily to achieve riches or even honour, but rather because we were interested in the work, enjoyed doing it and felt very strongly that it was worthwhile.
~By Frederick Sanger ~
The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope.
~By Mary A. Ward ~
About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.
~By Josh Billings ~
I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching.
~By Dane Cook ~
I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book and enjoyed it, and they're going on to read another book. I'm thrilled that they have figured out that reading is fun.
~By Caroline B. Cooney ~
I reached the point where I actually enjoyed the umpiring more than playing.
~By Jim Evans ~
I always enjoyed going into the holodeck.
~By Jonathan Frakes ~
I'm not looking to get away from anything. I like what I've done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.
~By Adam Sandler ~
This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.
~By William Law ~
In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.
~By Martin Yan ~
I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
~By Charles R. Swindoll ~
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
~By Pearl S. Buck ~
My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that, and to go to UCLA, and to become someone great in life!
~By Mila Kunis ~
When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back.
~By Sarah Zettel ~
People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.
~By Laurence Sterne ~
Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.
~By Merle Shain ~
The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
~By Kamisese Mara ~
I'm going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attitude, try to find our solution on how to win it.
~By Don Baylor ~
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
~By Smokey Robinson ~
We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine.
~By Matthew Simpson ~
When they do bring on new people, it's good for the show. It's like getting a new toy. The writers enjoy it because it's a whole new character that they can write for, one that they aren't used to writing for. They can try different things.
~By Mark-Paul Gosselaar ~
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
~By Henri Frederic Amiel ~
I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.
~By Goh Chok Tong ~
The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then.
~By Mary MacLane ~
I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities.
~By Ben Stiller ~
I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.
~By Namie Amuro ~
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
~By Rabindranath Tagore ~
My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime.
~By Faith Hill ~
I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.
~By Hedy Lamarr ~
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