Pleasure Principle may refer to:
- Pleasure principle (psychology), a psychoanalytical term coined by Sigmund Freud
- Pleasure Principle (fashion), a New York-based fashion label designed by Diva Pittala and Adrian Cowen
- Pleasure Principle (album), a 1978 album by Parlet
- The Pleasure Principle (Treat album), 1986
- The Pleasure Principle (Gary Numan album), 1979
- "The Pleasure Principle" (song), a 1987 single by Janet Jackson
- The Pleasure Principle (film), a 1991 film starring Peter Firth
- "Pleasure Principle", a song from Jean Michel Jarre's 2003 album Geometry of Love
- The Pleasure Principle (Le Principe du Plaisir), a painting by René Magritte
Famous quotes containing the words pleasure and/or principle:
“If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (10643 B.C.)
“It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.”
—Gertrude Stein (18741946)