#enjoyment

Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation. ↗

— Eric Liu

#behaved #boomers #china #comfort #early

The Gen. Commanding, takes this means of informing the people that he has not come among them to disturb them in the enjoyment of their rights, either of person or property. ↗

— John H. Morgan

#come #commanding #disturb #either #enjoyment

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible. ↗

— Robert Smith

#business #enjoyment #horrible #i #idea

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#art form #aversion #between #conventional #criticism

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#bathing #caught #clothes #conservative #enjoyment

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#any #citizens #duty #enjoyment #exercise

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#enjoyment #great #high #intended #mere

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #consists #enjoyment #happiness #nature

I have done a bit of recording and the songs are available on iTunes, and I've got some nice comments. It's something I enjoy doing, but I'm not looking for a singing career any time soon. As long as one person gets enjoyment out of it, I'm happy to make it available. ↗

— Tom Felton

#available #bit #career #comments #doing

Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. ↗

— Paul Goodman

#activity #enjoyment #feeling #goal #important