Alain de Botton Quotes

The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.

Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction.

Normal people have sex lives of their own to worry about.

If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere.

I write about sex because often it feels like the most important thing in the world.

Sex is something I really don't understand too hot. You never know where the hell you are... Sex is something I just don't understand. I swear to God.

Sex is every man's loco spot ... he'll take a disappointment, but not a humiliation.

Sex is logically impossible after marriage. You have to overcome the paradox of Not this again, and Hey, where did you learn that?

Let me get one thing straight; I'm not an authority on sex, I'm more of a fan. I think sex is nice; no family should be without it. Of course, there are other things that are just as important as sex, like uh . . . like uh . . . like . . . uh . . . well, I'll think of it later.

No matter how much you know, no matter how much you think, no matter how much you plot and you connive and you plan, you're not superior to sex. It's a very risky game.... It's sex that disorders our normally ordered lives.

The cookie is the critical part. It's a word I created for sex and you've got to give a man all three things. If you miss one out, he is going to find it somewhere else.

The sexuality doesn't end. It really doesn't. You're sexual your whole life, if you're a sexual person.

I think sex is part of life, like eating and breathing.

In Eleven Minutes, I started with the question of why sexuality is considered one of the major issues in life.

Humans love sex, we need sex, it's how we connect, it reminds us we're alive, it's the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.

There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.

I think for most of us, our biggest frailties are sexual.

Great sex is wonderful while it's happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?

There is no age limit on the enjoyment of sex. It keeps getting better.

I do owe Mickey one thing: he taught me how much I enjoyed sex.

Good sex is a mystery. Perhaps humping and pumping is not a mystery, but good sex is a mystery, and how human beings become truly intimate remains a mystery.

Sex is something I really don't understand too hot.

Sex is a good starting point for everything.

Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important (physically) as excretion. A man can go seventy years without a piece of ass, but he can die in a week without a bowel movement.

I like talking about sex. Especially when I'm horny, but even when I'm not.