Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like it.

It's nice to have things to look forward to.

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things I've found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best.

It was fun. That was something I came to fairly late.

Not only do I have fun in the ring, but I have fun walking out to the ring. I have fun walking away from the ring.

If you've ever done something you love and go do something you like, it's like chewing on sawdust.

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense

Often, the most enjoyable part of an activity is the anticipation.

That in all these worldly Things, that a Man pursues with the greatest Eagerness and Intention of Mind imaginable, he finds not half the Pleasure in the actual Possession of them, that he proposed to himself in the Expectation.

You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to enjoy them when they come.

I call it Inherent Twice because I am looking forward to seeing it again.

Anticipation is the greater part of pleasure.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.

Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.

We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

In all pleasures hope is a considerable part.

For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.

There hasn't been one show that we did, that I didn't enjoy to some extent.

The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment.