Zitat des Tages über Großes Vergnügen / Great Pleasure:
The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued.
I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person.
People seem to read so much more nonfiction than fiction, and so it always gives me great pleasure to introduce a friend or family member to a novel I believe they'll cherish but might not otherwise have thought to pick up and read.
The great pleasure for me in writing short stories is the fierce, elegant challenge.
I mean, I can look back with great pleasure on what has happened in Sudan, and our commitment to people who are persecuted in that kind of way.
I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.
When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure.
I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
Music is another great pleasure of life. I like all sorts.
There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are displayed like holy relics, and this can certainly be a great pleasure on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics.
That is the great pleasure of working with great directors. You get to look at the world through many different prisms. I guess I love talent, whatever form it takes.
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.
It is with great pleasure that I see the political system of almost every power in Europe changing in our favor since the news of our late successes.
I always joke that my kids' favorite holiday is Father's Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It's my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.