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Appease Quotes

Words on compromise, pleasing others, and staying true to yourself.

These quotes come mostly from musicians and comedians talking about the pressure to appease a label, an audience, or a fan base rather than working from their own judgment.

For years, I wrote songs to try to get cuts or try to have hits or try to appease a label or to be famous. I was learning a lot of valuable tools about structure and how to articulate. I...

Quotes by Walker Hayes

If you enjoy and become a fan of Tony Rock, I really appreciate it! But, I do my comedy for me, so I don't try and please everyone or appease anyone. In the end, it's for me.

Quotes by Tony Rock

On a regular basis, to appease White House or campaign staffs, Secret Service officials order agents to ignore basic security rules and let people into events without being put through a magnetometer or metal detector.

Quotes by Ronald Kessler

'Borderlands' came out of nowhere to appease the gnawing hunger left behind with the dearth of quality dungeon crawlers on the market.

Quotes by Rob Manuel

Abandon Quotes

In a world in which the United States does less, whatever set of calculations, other countries will tend to calculate - to move in one of two ways. Either they will assuage or, to use a more loaded term, appease...

Quotes by Richard N. Haass

I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while.

Quotes by Ray Liotta

You can't be around people who appease you all the time.

Quotes by Phil Heath

I don't do 'political correctness,' whatever that means. I write the stories I want to write, featuring the characters I want to feature. I don't touch demographic bases to appease this group or that. I write what I want. Full...

Quotes by Paul S. Kemp

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

Quotes by Patti Smith

Administration Quotes

This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do do standup comedy because a lot of people don't know that's where I started.

Quotes by Nick Cannon

It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is...

Quotes by Meles Zenawi

You cannot appease fascism by meeting it in the middle; you cannot beat racism by indulging or excusing it.

Quotes by Mehdi Hasan

Obama's foreign policy has three parts: Abandon our allies, appease our enemies, and apologize for America.

Quotes by Liz Cheney

The Obama administration sought to appease the Iranians at any and all cost.

Quotes by Lee Zeldin

America Quotes

I sing what I sing. And that's recitals and orchestra concerts. To appease - no, that's not the right word - let's say to satisfy - any opera urgings that my public has, I'll put in an aria.

Quotes by Kathleen Battle

You should never appease terrorists. The mistake made by critics of the 'talking to your enemy' approach is to equate talking with appeasing.

Quotes by Jonathan Powell

One glass of water doesn't equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference.

Quotes by Jil Sander

We've become the party that wants to appease everyone and no one. And I think the only way that the Democrats become viable again is if we have people who have moral clarity and courage to say what they need...

Quotes by Ilhan Omar

While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaches out to embrace suffering Syrians, his government seems ready to throw embattled Mexicans under the bus just to appease Mr. Trump.

Quotes by Denise Dresser

Business Quotes

Everyone in my family went to college. So I went for a year to appease people, in a way. I didn't really see that being my path, but I did want to be sure, as well, about that. When I...

Quotes by Charlie Weber

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this page of appease quotes focus on?
It focuses on quotes from musicians, comedians, and performers describing the tension between appeasing others, like a record label or an audience, and doing work that feels honest to them. Most of the quotes come from people reflecting on their own careers.
Why would someone search for quotes about appeasing others?
People often look for these quotes when they're thinking about boundaries, people-pleasing, or the cost of compromise in creative or professional life. Seeing how well-known performers describe the same struggle can make the feeling easier to put into words.
Do any quotes here talk about comedy specifically?
Yes, one comedian explains that they do comedy for themselves rather than trying to please everyone or appease anyone, framing that choice as central to their approach to the craft.
Is there a quote that questions the word 'appease' itself?
Yes, one quote pauses mid-sentence to reject "appease" in favor of "satisfy," suggesting the two words carry a different weight, one about being controlled and the other about genuinely meeting a need.
Do the quotes connect appeasing fans to building a career?
Several do. One performer describes standup comedy as a chance to appease fans of their music while also showing a different side of their work, tying the idea directly to how a public career develops.

A few lines push back on the word itself, preferring "satisfy" over "appease," which fits naturally alongside pages like Business for anyone exploring how creative people balance the two.