Best Quotes

"When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat"

Henry Miller, Writer

"A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished"

Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary

"In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks"

Scott Adams, Cartoonist

"It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society"

William Makepeace Thackeray, Novelist

"Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away"

Earl Nightingale, Writer

"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use"

Earl Nightingale, Writer

"The best things in life are silly"

Scott Adams, Cartoonist

"What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose"

Philip Pullman, Writer

"Actually to be a champion your goal is to be a little bit better each day, making sure that every day is an opportunity to be at your best"

Phil Heath, Athlete

"I am a serious food lover and Peruvian cuisine is one of the best in the world"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I felt like I was in the best photography school in the world - I had Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn teach me"

Helena Christensen, Model

"The hamburgers in America are the best in the world"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"My character's kind of grown up with Katniss. The beginning of the story, they're more or less brother and sister than anything. They're best friends. They've been keeping each other alive. It's a little frustrating, for the character. As the character, not as me"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"Ninety percent of my best friends back home are plumbers, electricians, builders, or landscapers. Most of our dads worked in trades"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there"

Liam Hemsworth, Actor

"Success in business is not about being the biggest, it's about being the best"

John Fredriksen, Businessman

"My objective is to win the Champions League, not to be the best goalscorer in the competition. I want to win the trophy"

Didier Drogba, Athlete

"Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image"

Martina Hingis, Athlete

"The American people are screaming out saying it's unfair that the wealthiest, the largest corporations who can afford the best attorneys, the best accountants, take advantage of these special tax treatments that the lobbyists have, along with lawmakers, have cooked in the books here"

David Plouffe, Public Servant

"The thing is, is to raise your hand. It's not to hide, and it's not to try and pretend or do anything like that. You raise your hand, that's the best thing about it"

Liza Minnelli, Actress

"The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden"

Phillips Brooks, Clergyman

"I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make"

Michelle Shocked, Musician

"With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner"

Pedro Almodovar, Director

"There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part"

Cynthia Weil, Musician

"The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago"

Thomas Hood, Poet

"We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good"

Keenen Ivory Wayans, Comedian

"We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose"

Knute Rockne, Coach

"Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors"

Wendell Phillips, Activist

"In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best"

Walter Bagehot, Author

"All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape"

Walter Bagehot, Author

"Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?"

Alex Noble

"The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven"

Knute Rockne, Coach

"How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society"

Julia Ward Howe, Activist

"But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the sort of economic laboratory question, of what kind of system would best generate growth, which is the way it's presented"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"If we're going to create the best business climate to create higher paying jobs and retain our young people, we're going to have to build a workforce prepared for the opportunities of the future"

John Hoeven, Politician

"The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire"

Jeffery Deaver, Writer

"True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well"

Bill Owens, Politician

"The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country"

Ad Reinhardt, Artist

"We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?"

Jon Bon Jovi, Musician

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