#please

I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one. ↗

— Karen Morley

#became #because #care #communist #entered

Poets wish to profit or to please. ↗

— Horace

#poets #profit #wish

Please know that my thoughts and prayers, as well as those of many, many others here in Alabama and around the country, are with each of you during this time. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#around #country #during #each #here

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#been #circumstance #costume #excuse #i

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#long time #longer #look #pains #pleases

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#better #conviction #deepest #merely #please

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#our #please #quality #quantity #which

Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.' ↗

— Bill Maher

#big #bush #case #destroy #i

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#cannot #choices #everyone #fine #i

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations. ↗

— Mario Monti

#against #because #citizens #close #debt