#plea

Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago. ↗

— Helen Reddy

#ago #any #ask #me #please

The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must. ↗

— Carl Van Vechten

#cat #friend #him #man #must

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#nothing #please #those #us

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#obtained #pleasures #poor #tears

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#i #moment #pleasure #read #well

One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#falling #greatest #greatest pleasures #into #pleasures

According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#always #happiness #other #own #people

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it. ↗

— Kid Rock

#am #formats #get #going #gonna

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#am #basically #cease #contribute #convinced

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#add #beneficial #constructive #hopefully #lead