#pleasing

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

— Robert Mitchum

#just #people #pleasing #some #some people

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#derived #early #enjoyment #especially #form

There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful arrangement. ↗

— Arthur Phillip

#contemplation #few #few things #more #order

In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#change #character #empowerment #love #men

Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#because #deferring #doing #feel #first

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes. ↗

— John Updike

#dear #hearts #new #pleasing #rocks

Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing. ↗

— Robert M. Parker, Jr.

#find #life #live #moments #part

I do remember, though, when I discovered the third! I was about five years old - it was a very pleasing sound. I remembered that if I hit one note, then skipped one and played the next, I could get this really good sound. ↗

— Robert Morris

#could #discovered #five #get #good

You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user. ↗

— Tim Cook

#going #pleasing #probably #refrigerator #things

Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#instantly #lion #lose #people #pleasing