#eased

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#clever #joke #noted #philistine #pleased

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison. ↗

— John Spratt

#alone #army #confront #crime #crime rate

The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

#america #been #end #exceeding #federal

Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop. ↗

— Jan de Bont

#effects #get #i #i think #movies

One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#answered #blow #brains #cannot #ceased

Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#i #life #me #now #pleased

A lot of it had to do with when it's released and what's out in the marketplace, what's its competition. ↗

— Jerry Bruckheimer

#had #lot #marketplace #out #released

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#become #career #did #envisioned #i

Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#feels #general #give #must #necessary

Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#attic #being #being content #content #contented