#pleas

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#back #direction #face #half #his

So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick - but at least I'd had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full. ↗

— John Prescott

#anything #around #chips #chocolate #did

The only break I ever took was to eat. That's all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food. ↗

— John Prescott

#became #break #comfort #comfort food #did

I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#i #i wish #much #pleasure #reading

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. ↗

— Quintilian

#desire #excite #forbidden #lawful #loved

When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or the right situation can become very well liked and accepted. I'm only too pleased to say it happened with that one. ↗

— Mick Ralphs

#basement #become #did #flat #happened

When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.' ↗

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

#almost #already #auditions #go #got

It's not been a pleasant life. ↗

— Benny Hinn

#life #pleasant

How can I go on with this? Please God, let me win a football pool. ↗

— Simon Raven

#go #god #how #i #me

Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case. ↗

— John Rawls

#capacity #case #certainly #clearly #compassion