Best Quotes

Small: You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself
"You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself"
Harvey S. Firestone, Businessman
Small: Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my inte
"Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence"
Ethel Waters, Musician
Small: Ive always just gone with the best role, and I dont care if its in theater, film or television
"I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television"
Kristen Johnston, Actress
Small: This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that.
"This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts"
Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete
Small: For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells o
"For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want"
Ferdinand Mount, Writer
Small: No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us thi
"No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite"
Federico Fellini, Director
Small: You can only do the work to the very best of your ability
"You can only do the work to the very best of your ability"
Christine Baranski, Actress
Small: The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it
"The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it"
Edwin Hubbel Chapin, Clergyman
Small: William Holden and I werent just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still
"William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still"
Glenn Ford, Actor
Small: I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disrega
"I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions"
Dorothy Day, Activist
Small: After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. N
"After the war, there was no industry. We lost the war. We had our whole city destroyed. No money. No studio. No film. No camera. No equipment. We would shoot in the street. We had no actors. Nothing. But we wanted to do movies. And we did the best movies in the world"
Dino De Laurentiis, Director
Small: Our best comes out when we have honest discussions
"Our best comes out when we have honest discussions"
Fernando Flores, Politician
Small: If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government
"If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs. If the government could create jobs, then Communism would have worked. But didn't work. So what we have to do is allow the private sector and the entrepreneurial spirit to lead us back to a job-filled recovery"
Tim Scott, Politician
Small: All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I hav
Mickey Rourke
"All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor"
Mickey Rourke, Actor
Small: Expect the best, Prepare for the worst
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"Expect the best, Prepare for the worst"
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Politician
Small: Ive just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesnt qualify as a hit record-bu
"I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had"
John Mellencamp, Musician
Small: I dont think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me
"I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me"
John Fowles, Novelist
Small: Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is
"Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is"
Joel Siegel, Critic
Small: Soon I worked during twelve years in theater works of the prestigious Theatre National Populaire. It was the b
Maurice Jarre
"Soon I worked during twelve years in theater works of the prestigious Theatre National Populaire. It was the best time of my life, the most difficult, the most interesting, the most exciting"
Maurice Jarre, Composer
Small: The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the
"The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project"
John Ratzenberger, Actor
Small: Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good, but dont
"Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good, but don't bet on it. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is one of the best films of the year"
Joel Siegel, Critic
Small: It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundame
"It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundamental mechanisms of life cannot be ascribed to natural selection, and therefore were designed. But we must deal with our shock as best we can and go on"
Michael Behe, Scientist
Small: Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have
Mel Carnahan
"Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have"
Mel Carnahan, Politician
Small: I am doing my best to find it. I will find it before the public finds it. I will get out of it before its too
"I am doing my best to find it. I will find it before the public finds it. I will get out of it before it's too late. The reason I will do that is because that's what I'm paid to do"
Jim Cramer, Businessman
Small: But the best teams Ive encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cove
"But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success"
Jesse James Garrett, Businessman
Small: It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the
"It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not"
Donald Berwick, Public Servant
Small: We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasnt the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tast
"We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door"
Djuna Barnes, Novelist
Small: I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. Its passing through you mor
Juliette Binoche
"I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower"
Juliette Binoche, Actress
Small: A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of
"A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid"
Ivor Novello, Musician
Small: Ive always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that
Harry Seidler
"I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that"
Harry Seidler, Architect
Small: Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using
"Religious work is one of the best ways to keep from facing your reality if you are Christian, if you are using it to calm the pain, because that it what all addictions are, attempts to cover the pain of this spiritual disease"
Keith Miller, Author
Small: Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills
"Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills"
Hugh Mackay
Small: Dont change a thing. Thats one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with
"Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with"
Garth Brooks, Musician
Small: The best songs I write in 20 minutes
"The best songs I write in 20 minutes"
Evan Dando, Musician
Small: I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both wo
"I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds"
Eva Mendes, Actress
Small: They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big
George Clooney
"They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given"
George Clooney, Actor
Small: I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best
"I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best"
Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete
Small: The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that its best not to encourage people to look at th
"The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that it's best not to encourage people to look at their dreams because they are liable to stir up problems for themselves"
Henry Reed, Writer
Small: In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada
"In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada"
George Murray, Poet
Small: Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America
"Our men and women in uniform deserve the best intelligence possible to help them protect America"
Chris Cannon, Politician
Page 46 of 78