"The Puritan hates fox-hunting, not because it brings pain to the fox, but because it brings pleasure to the hunter." (Lord McCauley)
"Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be enjoying himself." (H.L. Mencken)
"You (Sarah Palin) weren't killing that animal for food or shelter or even fashion, you were killing it for fun. You enjoy killing animals. What she did (is) heart-stoppingly disgusting...I don't have a visceral problem eating meat or wearing a belt...I don't enjoy the fact that they're dead and I certainly don't want to volunteer to be the one to kill them." (Aaron Sorkin in the Huffington Post reacting to Caribou hunt on Sarah Palin's Alaska.)