#pleas

I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect. ↗

— Graham Nash

#any #effect #extremely #i #i am

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#brings #cultivate #gain #highest #never

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#always #books #counselors #disinterested #hand

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment. ↗

— Novalis

#enjoyment #height #learning #pleasurable

Finally, Charlie gave up the hunt and placed (the puppy) back on the floor, dispatching fleas was not his idea of a romantic evening, unless you happened to be a twisted exterminator, he thought. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#fleas #funny #humor #humour #pass-the-fleas-please

America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#anything #better #could #damned #founded

I'm always pleased when people respond to the work. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

#i #people #pleased #respond #work

The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#after #art #audience #beauty #decade

I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis. ↗

— Elaine Paige

#awareness #become #been #diagnosis #disease

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#fight #pleases #us #victory