Abigail’s Party 1977 - Woman of Straw 1964 - Enzo Ferrari - William Shakespeare - Thomas Hardy - Wilhelm von Humboldt - Edmund Hillary - Bertrand Russell - John Ruskin - Alain de Botton - William Butler - William Blake - George H W Bush -
Laurence, we are not here to hold conversations. We are here to enjoy ourselves. Play for Today: Abigail’s Party, written and directed Mike Leigh, starring Alison Steadman ***** Beverly, BBC 1977
Enjoy your life. Enjoy it. Woman of Straw 1964 starring Sean Connery & Gina Lollobrigida & Ralph Richardson & Alexander Knox & Johnny Sekka & Laurence Hardy & Peter Madden et al, director Basil Dearden Richardson
A man has no need of entertainment. Entertainment only distracts from his duty. Enzo Ferrari, cited Ferrari: Race to Immortality, Sky 2017
Resign to death; it is not worth th’ enjoying. William Shakespeare, The First Part of the Contention II Henry VI III i 334, York to self
All things that are
Are with more spirit chased than enjoyed. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice II vi 12-13, Graziano to Salerio
The two forces were at work here as everywhere, the inherent will to enjoy, and the circumstantial will against enjoyment. Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. Wilhelm von Humboldt
I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyse these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous. Edmund Hillary
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell
I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this: Was it done with enjoyment – was the carver happy while he was about it? John Ruskin, Seven Lamps of Architecture 1849
Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom. Alain de Botton
The principal business of life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh
Enjoyment and not Abstinence is the food of intellect. William Blake
We’re enjoying sluggish times, and not enjoying them very much. George H W Bush