They Please Quotes

81 They Please quotes by 71 unique authors

Small groups of persons can, and do, make the rest of us think what they please about a given subject. But there are usually proponents… — Edward Bernays
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may… — Abraham Lincoln
I dedicate this to all those who did not live to tell it. And may they please forgive me for not having seen it all… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It's special, grandparents and grandchldren. So much simpler. Is it always so, I wonder? I think perhaps it is. While one's child takes a part… — Kate Morton
Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both. — John Milton
The policy of letting things alone, in the practical sense that the Government should never interfere with business or go into business itself, is called… — George Bernard Shaw
It is strange how little sharpsightedness women possess; they only notice whether they please, then whether they arouse pity, and finally, whether you look for… — Franz Kafka
No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please. — Charles Hodge
They please the world most, who please Christ least. — St. Jerome
Anything that effects our decisions besides that of the Glory of God and His Will Alone is an idol. Why are people so free to… — David Wilkerson
I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it-how good… — Georgia O'Keeffe
When we have practiced good actions awhile, they become easy; when they are easy, we take pleasure in them; when they please us, we do… — John Tillotson
To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing… — Thomas Jefferson
I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one… — Chief Joseph
From my childhood it has been my conviction that men would reach the planets in my lifetime . . . this conviction . . .… — Freeman Dyson
The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies… — Joseph Addison
Women, as they are like riddles in being unintelligible, so generally resemble them in this, that they please us no longer once we know them. — Alexander Pope
It is in the long run essential to the growth of any new and high civilization that small groups of men can escape from their… — Freeman Dyson
Life in the [London] suburb is richer at the lower levels. At these levels the people are not self-conscious at all, they are at liberty… — Stevie Smith
America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their religious beliefs as… — James Frey
There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call… — James Frey
I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys. — Joanne Harris
The danger lies in unconventional experiments signaling for a general license to do as they please, and pass off sloppy workmanship as creative intention. — Helmut Gernsheim
They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. — Oliver Goldsmith
As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as… — Arthur Hugh Clough

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