Best Quotes

Small: We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate
"We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate"
Deval Patrick
Small: For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life
"For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life"
Cao Yu, Playwright
Small: The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought so
"The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy"
Joni Mitchell, Musician
Small: Well, I had started a program which is even longer running than this one in 1967 which was a jazz program call
"Well, I had started a program which is even longer running than this one in 1967 which was a jazz program called The Best of Jazz and that still goes out on Monday nights. That's been going for 33 years or something"
Humphrey Lyttelton, Musician
Small: The best thing about the E Street Band was we had the best lead singer around
"The best thing about the E Street Band was we had the best lead singer around"
Max Weinberg, Musician
Small: To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it mos
"To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people"
John Drinkwater, Poet
Small: There can be no proof that Blakes lyric is composed of the best words in the best order only a conviction, acc
"There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so"
John Drinkwater, Poet
Small: I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have be
George Lindsey
"I was too dumb to know Opie was going to grow up to be a great Director, if so, boy, I would certainly have become his best friend"
George Lindsey, Actor
Small: God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise
"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise"
Shoeless Joe Jackson, Athlete
Small: The best part of ones life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, t
"The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing"
Garson Kanin, Playwright
Small: Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of
"Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness"
W. Eugene Smith, Photographer
Small: The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability
Ronnie James Dio
"The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability"
Ronnie James Dio, Musician
Small: When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation
"When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation"
Margaret Sackville, Poet
Small: I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine whic
"I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization"
J. G. Stedman, Soldier
Small: The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself
Kathleen Battle
"The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place?"
Kathleen Battle, Actress
Small: Thats the best way to feed the human mind. Thats how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face.
"That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool"
Wyclef Jean, Musician
Small: I havent played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized
"I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of my competitors were memorizing the best moves and I was unwilling to do this"
John Harsanyi, Educator
Small: A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. Its not always the best people you need, but t
"A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need, but the right ones for the job"
Ronnie Hawkins, Musician
Small: Ive got Americas best writer for 300 a week
"I've got America's best writer for $300 a week"
Jack L. Warner, Businessman
Small: There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in t
"There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets"
Conrad Bums
Small: I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself.
"I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse"
David Blaine, Entertainer
Small: I think were all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our bes
Carly Patterson
"I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit"
Carly Patterson, Athlete
Small: The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they wer
"The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work"
Brandon Cruz, Actor
Small: See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality
Keith Haring
"See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality"
Keith Haring, Artist
Small: At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you cant tell who the best p
"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me"
Barnaby C. Keeney, Educator
Small: I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marxs bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bul
"I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'"
Elliott Gould, Actor
Small: The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. Thats st
"The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately"
Catherine Bell, Model
Small: In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the
"In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest"
Bryan Robson, Athlete
Small: Im not saying I didnt have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine.
"I'm not saying I didn't have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances"
Tiffeny Milbrett, Athlete
Small: You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within
"You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within"
Bob Nelson
Small: The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true"
James Branch Cabell, Novelist
Small: I intend to travel to Okinawa and to visit with Okinawa officials and the citizens of Okinawa at an early date
"I intend to travel to Okinawa and to visit with Okinawa officials and the citizens of Okinawa at an early date. I will send my best analysis of that situation, including the local attitudes, back to Washington, to the government there"
Howard Baker, Statesman
Small: There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best
"There is no fear before and no fear after. We give our best"
Rickie Lee Jones, Musician
Small: We dominated Survivor - there is no way we would not dominate that, too. I can see it already, us making deals
"We dominated Survivor - there is no way we would not dominate that, too. I can see it already, us making deals with people. That's the best part, and with the Race, it would be even more fun because I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve"
Rob Mariano, Celebrity
Small: A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all
"A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all"
Michael LeBoeuf, Businessman
Small: Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out"
Art Linkletter, Journalist
Small: Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise
"Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise"
Marquis De Custine, Author
Small: The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently
Margaret Smith
"The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently"
Margaret Smith, Comedian
Small: I didnt spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an
"I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me"
Paul Coffey, Athlete
Small: I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up
Lisa Bonet
"I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up"
Lisa Bonet, Actress
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