Delight Quotes
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham As a result of a kiss, there arises in the mind a wonderful feeling of delight that awakens and binds together the love of them that kiss.
Aelred of RievaulxAelred of Rievaulx We all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
Lord ActonLord Acton Sensual is everything that refers to the delight of the senses. And that’s what artists do, is stimulate the senses in any possible way.
ShakiraShakira The imagination is the spur of delights… all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade I am delighted at Des’s support in these elections. And thank him for his rewrite of the lyrics of Send in the Clowns which we are planning to sing at our South East conference.
Nigel FarageNigel Farage A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
Baron de MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu How delightful are the pleasures of the imagination! In those delectable moments, the whole world is ours; not a single creature resists us.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade The children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.
Enid BlytonEnid Blyton The delight of the nursing mother, of the scholar, of the successful hunter, of the good cook, of the skilful maker, of anyone doing needed work and doing it well, – this durable joy is perhaps the deepest source of human affection and of sociality as a whole.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.
Margaret MeadMargaret Mead Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!
Ben JonsonBen Jonson ONLY IN MY DREAMS is pure Eve Byron, which means it’s a pure delight. I fell in love with Lorelei and Dane, two of the most delightful characters I’ve encountered in a very long time.
Barbara BrettonBarbara Bretton There’s a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace
Bernard HinaultBernard Hinault