Best Quotes

"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off"

Bill Veeck, Businessman

"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him"

Jim Elliot, Clergyman

"You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk"

Rosalynn Carter, First Lady

"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever"

Martin Farquhar Tupper, Writer

"Rita got the best of us. We took quite a beating. It's going to take a while to come back from this"

Rick Fox, Actor

"You just go in and try to do the best job you can everyday"

Nick Cassavetes, Actor

"I just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. And once you get into doing them, people know you do them"

Peter Sarsgaard, Actor

"The best policy is to declare victory and leave"

George D. Aiken, Politician

"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it"

Norman Jewison, Director

"'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact"

Naomi Wolf, Author

"High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it"

Monique Coleman, Actress

"You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me"

Kurt Angle

"I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything - I do everything all wrong - but I think for me that's the best - because I don't think I have a voice so I think what I project would be style - if I learned to sing I'd lose my style"

Julie London, Musician

"I know I always worked hard on making sure we came out with the best possible product and of course we were working with four other people, you have to balance that as well"

Chris Squire, Musician

"The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless they have faced a similar tragedy. Every parent responds differently. Each parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how"

John Walsh, Entertainer

"People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in"

Margaret Cho, Comedian

"You can either make it come around or you can't. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we would know for sure that it was the best way we could do it"

Levon Helm, Musician

"If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no matter what it is takes on dignity and importance"

Hortense Odlum

"Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year"

Franklin P. Adams, Journalist

"But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them"

Kelly Lynch, Actress

"The best love affairs are those we never had"

Norman Lindsay, Artist

"The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time"

Harold Acton, Historian

"Like Jermaine was saying, it's a beautiful day, and we're just glad all of this is behind us. We can go on with our lives. And Michael can go on with his life and do what he does best, and that's making good music, making his fans happy, people happy all over the world"

Tito Jackson, Musician

"The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches"

Russel Honore, Soldier

"There are many outsiders that actively try to halt every natural resource development project in Alaska. Many of these same people have never even been to Alaska, yet they claim to know what's best for us"

Lisa Murkowski, Politician

"The best artists are gone now"

Johnny Winter, Musician

"I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot"

Mark McGwire, Athlete

"If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level"

Tony Goldwyn, Actor

"Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen"

Robert Rodriguez, Director

"Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true"

James Branch Cabell, Novelist

"You know, I always do my best, no matter the quality of the film"

Herbert Lom, Actor

"It's good to have a manager who shares your interests, or goals. You can presumably trust a husband. I don't know if it's the best way to work. I really shouldn't discuss this"

Dorothy Stratten, Celebrity

"The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us"

John Williams, Composer

"If I stopped writing and being at my piano, I wouldn't know how to live. It's your best friend"

Jessi Colter, Musician

"America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world"

Bill Frist, Politician

"The best proof of love is trust"

Joyce Brothers, Psychologist

"America is the best half-educated country in the world"

Nicholas M. Butler, Philosopher

"When employees are happy, they are your very best ambassadors"

James Sinegal, Businessman

"For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources"

James Rollins, Author

"A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr. - I spent a lot of time with Sammy. I was over at his house almost every night. Those people were very special and very special for me"

James Darren, Actor

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