Best Quotes

"I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort"

"The party at its best has always been a modern party"

"Defence is our best attack"

"I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering"

Major Taylor, Athlete

"I don't know if you could take a whole 90 minutes and say that was the best game we ever played"

Lorrie Fair, Athlete

"We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding"

Juan Marichal, Athlete

"I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia"

Daniela Hantuchova, Athlete

"As I said this year, I didn't try to put any pressure on me by setting high goals or anything, I just want to make sure that every single time I'm out there on the court I do my best, I give 100%, and see where it's going to end up next year"

Daniela Hantuchova, Athlete

"Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line"

Chrissie Hynde, Musician

"Math - it's not my best subject"

Heather O'Rourke, Actress

"It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends"

Yannick Noah, Athlete

"Interestingly, the best way to promote intimacy is to demand it"

George Weinberg, Psychologist

"In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time"

George J. Mitchell, Politician

"If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing"

Gene Robinson, Clergyman

"Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best"

Stephen Ambrose, Historian

"The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best"

Sasha Cohen, Athlete

"Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same"

Edward Hoagland, Author

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it"

Richard Gere, Actor

"Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated"

Patrick Marber, Writer

"I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future"

David Kay, Scientist

"I had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time"

Lee Child, Writer

"The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves"

Michelle Rodriguez, Actress

"In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer"

Mary Wesley, Novelist

"In a single moment, we witnessed the worst of human behavior. And in the next, the very best of human behavior. And even more, we witnessed the tremendous spirit of Americans"

Jane D. Hull, Politician

"I think the best place to work in football is England"

Jose Mourinho, Coach

"Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts"

Lawrence Hargrave, Scientist

"I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom"

Laura Prepon, Actress

"Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young"

Kim Wilde, Musician

"I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium"

Jeanette Winterson, Novelist

"There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field"

Jane Harman, Politician

"After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life"

Evelyn Underhill, Writer

"I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band"

Greg Ginn, Musician

"Listen, I think what's best for the economy and to create jobs is to extend all of the current tax rates - for all Americans. It - it begins to reduce the uncertainty. And for small businesspeople, they can look up and begin to plan"

John Boehner, Politician

"The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching escalated times of learning and energy, is when you want to do it so much"

Diane Cilento, Actress

"There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed"

Dan Simmons, Author

"My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it"

Tom T. Hall, Musician

"One thing is having skated five of the best races I've probably could have skated. It was nice to peak at the right time and to do it in an important time in somebody's career"

Eric Heiden, Athlete

"Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever"

Edward Albert, Actor

"My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!"

Edie Brickell, Musician

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