I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with. – Mick Taylor
The mere brute pleasure of reading – the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
We loved cars until the ’70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has to do with urban sprawl. What began as pleasure ends up in necessity, as so many things do. – P. J. O’Rourke
One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above. – Manfred von Richthofen
If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually. – Lila Acheson Wallace
A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure. – Lucian Freud
The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. – Katherine Mansfield
There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. – John Mortimer
Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain. – Karl Abraham