“I love saying 'yes' and I love saying 'please.' Saying 'yes' doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying 'please' doesn't mean I am waiting for permission. 'Yes please' sounds powerful and concise. It's a response and a request. It is not about being a good girl; it is about being a real woman.” KnowsMeanRealGirlWaitingSoundPowerfulKnow HowPleaseResponsePermissionRequestSaying YesGood GirlConciseReal WomenSaying Please Author:Amy Poehler
“I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears) With this technology, it will be impossible for you to hear criticisms, harsh remarks, or insults. All you can hear is what all people are ever saying, "please" and "thank you". What used to sound like criticism, judgment, or blame, you will see, are really tragic, suicidal expressions of "please".” PeopleShowsTodayUsedSoundTechnologyImpossibleExpressionCommunicationPleaseJudgmentCriticismEarsBlameInsultTragicHarshSuicidalRemarksNonviolent CommunicationGiraffeSaying PleasePlease And Thank You Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.” ParentRolesComedyEasierPleaseYeahDesperateSaying Please Author:Ruth Wilson
“You have to almost apologize for saying, please enforce the laws. The laws, that they're [government] receiving good federal dollars to be able to ensure for public safety, which is incumbent upon them to secure on the streets in every city and state across this country. And instead government allows individuals who are a risk, who are a threat, to come back in the country, routinely, regularly without any kind of checks and balances.” KindCountryStatesGovernmentAbleLawIndividualCitiesRiskStreetsBalancePleaseSafetyDollarsThreatChecksSecureReceivingApologizingIncumbentsPublic SafetySaying Please Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“Saying "please" without saying it to someone you don't want to say "please" to in the first place tops the list of hard.” WantFirstsHardPleaseListsSaying Please Author:Rita Williams-Garcia
“I'm not used to studios being ecstatic about we did and saying, "Please go do that again."” UsedPleaseStudiosEcstaticSaying Please Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“The toughest part for me is the city - the people. They've got burgers named after me in Orlando, they've got a Web site saying, "Please stay." I love the people in the city. I've literally sat on the bench with a towel on my head crying, because I feel the passion in the stands.” PeopleFeelsPassionCitiesCryPleaseSatSiteBenchesBurgersTowelsOrlandoSaying PleasePlease Stay Author:Dwight Howard
“America has a broken spirit, that the people that are saying, "Please help me, please let me keep my home, please let me keep my car, please recognize me as a vital human being," they are falling on deaf ears.” PeopleHumansHelpingHomeAmericaSpiritFallHuman BeingsCarBrokenPleaseEarsLet MeHelp MeDeafDeaf EarsBroken SpiritSaying Please Author:Suze Orman
“I think people are naturally good, I see it every day. Look at this restaurant. No one's causing anybody any trouble in here. We're all sitting, respecting each other's space, we're keeping our voices down, we're saying "please" and "thank you" - those are acts of generosity that we commit on a second by second basis that we don't give ourselves enough credit for. There's a lot of kindness in this world, we're just such vain creatures; our vanity can be used against us so easily. We're like dogs, hairless dogs.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingLooksEnoughUsedVoiceSpaceKindnessTroubleDogThis WorldPleaseCreaturesSittingBasesCreditCommitVanityGenerosityVainRestaurantsSaying PleasePlease And Thank You Author:Torquil Campbell
“I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have come out with signs saying, "Please give us better roads. Please give us new prenatal clinics. Please give us a new sewage system." I'm sure they'd like those things, but it's not what they demand in the demonstrations. In the demonstrations, they talk about justice, they talk about an end to Israeli occupation.” PeopleGivingEndsJusticeStreetsPleaseDemandWestOccupationPakistanIsraeliDemonstrationGazaClinicSewageSaying PleaseIsraeli OccupationSign Sayings Author:Robert Fisk
“I think you fall out of love with theater while you're doing your eighth show of your eighteenth week and your body is saying, "Please make this end."” ThinkingEndsShowsBodyFallWeekPleaseTheaterFalling In LoveYour BodySaying Please Author:Cillian Murphy
“Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.” IfsHappensHappenedPleasePressesButtonsLitArthurFord PrefectArthur DentSaying Please Author:Douglas Adams
“Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact regardless of whether we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together. Though it may spell destruction, we still ask for more-- since it beats staying dry but so lonely on shore. So we make ourselves open while knowing full well it's essentially saying "please, come pierce my shell.” ThinkingWellsMayMeanStillsTogetherAsksKnowingPleaseLessonsCreaturesKissingBeatsLonelyDestructionForgivingWoundsContactDryStayingShoreSpellsShellsPierceSo LonelySaying Please Author:David Rakoff
“Dear God, I don't want to have invented my faith to satisfy my weakness. I don't want to have created God to my own image as they're so fond of saying. Please give me the necessary grace, oh Lord, and please don't let it be as hard to get as Kafka made it.” WantGivingMadeHardMy OwnLordGracePleaseWeaknessGive MeDearMade ItDear GodSaying Please Author:Flannery O'Connor
“Saying "yes" doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying "please" doesn't mean I am waiting for permission.” KnowsLifeMeanWaitingKnow HowPleasePermissionSaying YesSaying Please Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“We survive our way through basketball hoping the # Lakers will survive and we hope for the # Kings and for the # Ducks and we want them all to succeed but if you are a true fan and especially if you are a # Dodgers fan deep down inside you are saying please get out of the way, get off the stage, here come the DODGERS!” IfsWayWantFansStageKingsPleaseSucceedBasketballDucksDeep DownDodgersLakersSaying Please Author:Vin Scully