#plea

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. ↗

— David Hume

#death #endears #friend #his #influence

I think it's because it was an emotional story, and emotions come through much stronger in black and white. Colour is distracting in a way, it pleases the eye but it doesn't necessarily reach the heart. ↗

— Kim Hunter

#black #black and white #colour #come #distracting

I had the trade minister in China sit down as we were preparing for trade negotiations. He said, 'Please don't let people in the United States lose their confidence because when you lose your confidence, the rest of the world suffers'. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#china #confidence #down #had #i

Before I do a play I say that I hope it's going to be for as short a time as possible but, once you do it, it is a paradoxical pleasure. One evening out of two there are five minutes of a miracle and for those five minutes you want to do it again and again. It's like a drug. ↗

— Isabelle Huppert

#before #evening #five #going #hope

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. ↗

— Dean Inge

#cat #human #human beings #more #pleased

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#anything #i #i am #never #part

May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage. ↗

— Yahya Jammeh

#creating #deed #evil #find #forms

The greatest pleasure of life is love. ↗