“I have never sought to displease; I merely seek pleasure and avoid the pain it causes those who work to produce it. That is what it means to live by the leisure principle.”

“We live in one of the few epochs of humanity where life isn't just a painful cycle of toil, fatigue, and collapse. Now pleasure gyrates us through those stages.”

“I may be slow, but I know a racist when I’m called one - and I am proud to support the supremacy of the 100-meter leisurely stroll.”

“It is a known fact that pain and pleasure are the two most basic elements of life. But the secret is to simplify that fact.”

“Artists are the serfs of a leisure society.”

“Moderation: a median with no means, praised by those with no misfortunes, practiced by those with no merits.”

“Don't believe anything I say. My point of view is merely objective.”