Please Quotes - Page 17
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.
Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.95
If you will please people, you must please them in their own way.
Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.303
Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Married by Morning”, p.305, St. Martin's Press
Oh, jeez, please kill that metaphor,...Or kill me. One or the other.
Lauren Kate (2011). “The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition”, p.132, Delacorte Press
Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me.
L. Frank Baum (2016). “The Lost Princess of Oz”, L. Frank Baum
Kay Thompson (2011). “Eloise in Paris: with audio recording”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
Katherine Mansfield (1954). “Journal”
Use words to please, to instruct, to soothe. Then stop speaking.
Kate Horsley (2002). “Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel”, p.142, Shambhala Publications
Karen Marie Moning (2011). “Shadowfever: Fever Series”, p.379, Delacorte Press
Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.26, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Astonishingly, not all girls get dressed just to please men.
Jojo Moyes (2012). “Me Before You: A Novel”, p.93, Penguin
Please don’t spoil my day; I’m miles away and, after all, I’m only sleeping.
Song: I'm Only Sleeping
