#pleas

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#consists #enjoying #generally #greatest #greatest pleasure

The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

#called #confusion #entirely #first #good

The art of pleasing is the art of deception. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#deception #pleasing

As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#certainly #fan #father #great #hope

We have all examined our past critically and are very much aware of even the unpleasant things. Now, we need to look at what we plan to do with the lessons we have learned from the past. ↗

— Heinz Fischer

#critically #even #examined #learned #lessons

A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again. ↗

— Robbie Fowler

#end #get #goal #goes #i

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#choose #deem #deems #him #invade

The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#band #chase #check #ended #ever

It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please. ↗

— Rose Kennedy

#free #money #our #please #spend

Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#day #keep #me #mind #open