Best Quotes

Small: The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity"
William Butler Yeats, Poet
Small: People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind
"People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind"
William Butler Yeats, Poet
Small: Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Til your good is better and your better is best
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best"
St. Jerome, Saint
Small: I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek
Vanna White
"I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek"
Vanna White, Celebrity
Small: Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why cant it happen to me? Im not worried Im young - its an
Cristiano Ronaldo
"Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worried I'm young - it's an incentive to do the best I can"
Cristiano Ronaldo, Athlete
Small: The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory
"The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory"
George Savile, Politician
Small: Heres what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We unders
Mike Ditka
"Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized"
Mike Ditka, Coach
Small: When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants
Thornton Wilder
"When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole"
Thornton Wilder, Writer
Small: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked
Allen Ginsberg
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked"
Allen Ginsberg, Poet
Small: I dont think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that was
"I don't think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that wasn't enough for me"
Joey Lauren Adams, Actress
Small: For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable
Mary Astell
"For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being"
Mary Astell, Writer
Small: I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me and if I do wron
"I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth"
Abu Bakr, Leader
Small: An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her
"An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her"
Agatha Christie, Writer
Small: We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it but we do t
"We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements"
George P. Baker
Small: Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providin
"Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks"
Jim Ryun, Athlete
Small: I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history.
"I think that to a very great extent we are partners with the divine in this enterprise called history. That is an ongoing relationship, and there is absolutely no guarantee that things will automatically work out to our best advantage"
Chaim Potok, Author
Small: The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite
"The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants"
Helen Wills Moody, Athlete
Small: Blondes make the best victims. Theyre like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints
Alfred Hitchcock
"Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints"
Alfred Hitchcock, Director
Small: Trees are your best antiques
"Trees are your best antiques"
Alexander Smith, Poet
Small: That best portion of a mans life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love
William Wordsworth
"That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love"
William Wordsworth, Poet
Small: An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete an
"An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong"
Russell Baker, Journalist
Small: God deserves the best from us
"God deserves the best from us"
Michael W. Smith, Musician
Small: The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass
"The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass"
Theodor Adorno, Philosopher
Small: Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose
Charles Eames
"Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose"
Charles Eames, Designer
Small: I have read only the first Harry Potter book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older
"I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them"
Gene Wolfe, Writer
Small: I probably visualize myself, the shots Im going to get in the game, how Im going to play defense, what we have
"I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team's best player, what it's going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game"
Paul Pierce, Athlete
Small: I dont think anyone is more intrinsically holy. People experience God in many ways and it seems to me that God
"I don't think anyone is more intrinsically holy. People experience God in many ways; and it seems to me that God does what the rest of us do: He chooses the means that best gets His message across"
Gene Wolfe, Writer
Small: A mans friendships are one of the best measures of his worth
Charles Darwin
"A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth"
Charles Darwin, Scientist
Small: The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and
"The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been"
George F. Kennan, Historian
Small: I know whats best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody
"I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody"
Claudette Colbert, Actress
Small: If youre talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other lang
"If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
Small: A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better
"A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better"
Norman Ralph Augustine, Author
Small: Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century
"Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century"
Mikhail Saakashvili, Statesman
Small: Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning. I had he
Matt Drudge
"Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning. I had heard it months before I printed it"
Matt Drudge, Journalist
Small: It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government
"It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most"
Walter Lippmann, Journalist
Small: I made a gym, its the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be figh
"I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal"
Alexis Arguello, Athlete
Small: As a piece of literacy criticism, Freuds best writing is about Dostoyevsky. Its a kind of displaced literacy c
"As a piece of literacy criticism, Freud's best writing is about Dostoyevsky. It's a kind of displaced literacy criticism"
Dennis Potter, Dramatist
Small: We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain poin
"We have to be aware that the scientific community throws up tons of different hypotheses and at a certain point we'll find out who was right and who was wrong. But we have to go with the best information right now, which I would claim to be the IPCC reports"
Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist
Small: Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality
Alexis Carrel
"Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality"
Alexis Carrel, Scientist
Small: One of the best things in the world to be is a boy it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a
"One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one"
Charles Dudley Warner, Journalist