Brian Aldiss Quotes

Our affluence has allowed us to move to a place where we tend to make things pleasurable, as opposed to efficient.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming.

Massages are my favorite. Sometimes just getting myself outside for a walk if I'm really busy can be an indulgence. I love taking naps. I love to stay up too late with close friends. I believe in everything in moderation. I take what I like and leave what I don't.

One of my most exciting Saturday nights was just me and a bottle of wine and a crochet book.

Baths are my favorite thing. I can have two, three a day.

At the end of the day, I let myself have a glass of wine.

I've always loved the idea of 'Guilty Pleasures.'

I just want to enjoy myself and have fun.

Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure.

Do not let a day go by without taking some time for yourself - some time you spend in pure pleasure, as you see it.

Relaxing, going on vacation, sleeping, having fun when I want, golfing when I want, do whatever I want - I am going to enjoy it.

Occasionally indulging in a do-nothing day is more than worth the price.

It's my favorite thing to do: luxurious nothing.

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.

I got mad love for hot tubs.

The thing I like to do most is shop.

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

Give yourself pleasure; see your friends; go to the movies.

Just take each race as it comes and have fun.

I might put a nicer pair of heels on and a cooler outfit, but I'm still that naughty girl who likes a slice of cheesecake on my day off.

We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves.

Reading is my greatest luxury.

A lot of things we don't have to have, but they're enjoyable.

We must remember to enjoy ourselves.