#plea

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. ↗

— Buddha

#dislike #evil #fear #feeling #feelings

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#audience #concert #instinct #into #me

Please ignore rumors! I've had them for years and you have to just let them go over your head. Don't take them personally. ↗

— Emma Bunton

#had #head #i #ignore #just

I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it, at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere. ↗

— George Burns

#anywhere #face #here #i #pleased

Please don't make me sound like a crazy hermit, but I don't like crowds or noise. ↗

— Steve Burns

#crowds #hermit #i #like #make

Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#cautious #injure #lives #pleasures #put

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#enjoying #hopefully #i #i write #music

A carefree quality is a whole aspect of life that I will never understand. I don't think I have ever been carefree and can't see the pleasure of it. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#been #carefree #ever #i #life

Please don't ask me to do that which I've just said I'm not going to do, because you're burning up time. The meter is running through the sand on you, and I am now filibustering. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#ask #because #burning #going #i

Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did. ↗

— Earl Butz

#i #most #pleasant #pleasant thing #teaching