#pleas

Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is, that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us. ↗

— George Haven Putnam

#between #constitution #construe #destroy #dispute

God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits. ↗

— William S. Paley

#ends #god #his #limits #out

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. ↗

— Robert M. Parker, Jr.

#ascetic #considered #debilitating #dispense #man

I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. ↗

— Deval Patrick

#experiences #gifts #had #i #ones

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#generating #great #joy #multiplying #opportunities

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#disappointed #expectations #film #good #pleasantly

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow. ↗

— Annie Smith Peck

#before #climbing #few #follow #going

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#gall #hath #heart #her #honey

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience. ↗

— Robert Quine

#early #experience #i #into #lessons

There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying. ↗

— Robert Mitchum

#just #people #pleasing #some #some people