Best Quotes

"I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force"

Michael P. Anderson, Astronaut

"The London Games will be designed for the athletes and we will provide them with the very best venues and the very best conditions to pursue their sporting dreams in London"

Sebastian Coe, Politician

"It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government"

Robert Jackson, Statesman

"Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts"

Ted W. Engstrom

"I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"At least I'm at peace with myself. I have done my best to write a book about what really happened there and why it happened and it's done, it's published. I won't write another book on Vietnam"

Neil Sheehan, Journalist

"With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house"

Levon Helm, Musician

"I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs' but when I go home and get a weekend off, I want to spend it quietly, with my lady"

Larry Wilcox, Actor

"If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way"

Carly Patterson, Athlete

"I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can"

Carly Patterson, Athlete

"The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids.""

Malcolm Gladwell, Author

"I'm supposed to be making comics, so I had to do it the best way I knew how, which is what those guys at the beginning of the Twentieth Century were doing"

Art Spiegelman, Artist

"They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that they are guilty of railroading people into jail. They don't want to, or never will, admit these things"

Leonard Peltier, Activist

"The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt in the best possible way, that is, completely"

John Drinkwater, Poet

"If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time"

Dorothy Gilman, Novelist

"A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, But Diamonds are a girl's best friend"

Leo Robin, Composer

"The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed"

Lamar Hunt, Entertainer

"Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world"

Aaron Klug, Physicist

"I want to leave this company in the best possible shape"

Karen Kain, Dancer

"I've had more of an opportunity to work with Katie Holmes, which is incredibly enjoyable. I think she is really one of the best actresses on the market right now. She forces you to bring your best stuff to the table, because if you don't, she just completely overpowers you"

Joshua Jackson, Actor

"As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden"

John Warner, Politician

"I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games"

John Starks, Athlete

"Angelina is my daughter and I am always wishing her the best"

Jon Voight, Actor

"Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone"

John Turturro, Actor

"You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested in the present"

Al Hirschfeld, Cartoonist

"I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war"

John Motson, Celebrity

"Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers"

John Eaton, Politician

"It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically"

Walter Kerr, Critic

"I am best viewed from a distance"

Jenny Eclair, Comedian

"I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes"

Shirley Jackson, Novelist

"But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days"

Jimmy Page, Musician

"Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kid's therapy"

Michelle Pfeiffer, Actress

"Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever"

James Darren, Actor

"I'd like to have a drink with Bill Maher and see how he feels. We were too conservative coming over to Fox from fX, and got ourselves off our best game"

Tom Bergeron, Celebrity

"I work best when people are here to puncture me"

Tom Bergeron, Celebrity

"You've got to be the best person you can be in your life"

Jeff Gordon, Athlete

"This isn't the best town for what we're doing. Too many other things to pull the crowds away"

Kenneth Rexroth, Poet

"Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most"

Joe Moore, Celebrity

"The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive"

Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor

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