Well Quotes

Small: We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measu
"We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well"
Martin Sheen, Actor
Small: True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doin
Bill Owens
"True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well"
Bill Owens, Politician
Small: Well whats funny is, again, people say they believed what was going on, but again, Bobs hands are about three
"Well what's funny is, again, people say they believed what was going on, but again, Bob's hands are about three times bigger than his feet. So these are very caricatured"
Brad Bird, Cartoonist
Small: It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well
"It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
Small: I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back
"I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back"
Fred Allen, Comedian
Small: The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love
"The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love"
Joe E. Lewis, Comedian
Small: I get even more nervous singing when everyones fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of t
"I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well"
Namie Amuro, Musician
Small: Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice
"Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice"
William Weld, Politician
Small: I dont have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and
"I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be"
Jennifer Garner, Actress
Small: Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well
"Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well"
John Greenleaf Whittier, Poet
Small: Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorro
"Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow"
Edwin Way Teale
Small: One of the other things I think that Ive been able to do in my life, is to listen well
"One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well"
John Frankenheimer, Director
Small: And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or wont see it
Meg Ryan
"And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well"
Meg Ryan, Actress
Small: I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks.
"I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes"
Peggy Fleming, Athlete
Small: That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ev
George Berkeley
"That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man"
George Berkeley, Philosopher
Small: Im like old wine. They dont bring me out very often, but Im well preserved
"I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved"
Rose Kennedy, Author
Small: Took us a great amount of strength to get them into the world, and for them to be in the world. I think that t
Cheryl Tiegs
"Took us a great amount of strength to get them into the world, and for them to be in the world. I think that their little spirits, you know, just said, well, we're going to be there. So it makes it very special because of it"
Cheryl Tiegs, Model
Small: I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldnt play ball to
Muddy Waters
"I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing"
Muddy Waters, Musician
Small: If you dont cast well, you can be in real trouble
"If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble"
John Frankenheimer, Director
Small: A l lot of films Ive done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who dont know themsel
Meg Ryan
"A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well"
Meg Ryan, Actress
Small: My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment
Sandra Day O'Connor
"My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move"
Sandra Day O'Connor, Judge
Small: Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger
"Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger"
William C. Bryant, Poet
Small: But there were highs as well as lows, it was as though they said everybody was picking on the man who had more
James Stockdale
"But there were highs as well as lows, it was as though they said everybody was picking on the man who had more practical real life experiences than the whole batch of them put together"
James Stockdale, Soldier
Small: Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well
"Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well"
Matthew Lesko, Entertainer
Small: The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as we
"The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large"
Martin Van Buren, President
Small: Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity
"Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity"
Michael Korda, Novelist
Small: I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedo
"I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well"
William Weld, Politician
Small: My bed isnt made, Im tired, I havent slept well for two weeks. I havent been laid in a month. I dont have a gi
Layne Staley
"My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest"
Layne Staley, Musician
Small: Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden
Gerald Scarfe
"Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden"
Gerald Scarfe, Artist
Small: I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well
"I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well"
Don Henley, Musician
Small: Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have k
"Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate"
Steven Pinker, Scientist
Small: If you have a setback, and youre not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. Y
"If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have
"Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage"
John Milius, Director
Small: Ability is what youre capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it"
Raymond Chandler, Writer
Small: If one books done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. Theres that horror of the s
"If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the second novel that doesn't match up"
Mark Haddon, Novelist
Small: He ended it. He just said he didnt - he - well, what he said was that he didnt feel it was right, and you know
"He ended it. He just said he didn't - he - well, what he said was that he didn't feel it was right, and you know, I mean that's - because he ended it, he'd probably have to be the one to answer that"
Monica Lewinsky, Celebrity
Small: We have not sought this conflict we have sought too long to avoid it our forbearance has been construed into w
"We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands"
Robert Toombs, Politician
Small: My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special
Sandra Day O'Connor
"My sense is that jurists from other nations around the world understand that our court occupies a very special place in the American system, and that the court is rather well regarded in comparison, perhaps, to their own"
Sandra Day O'Connor, Judge
Small: Everybodys worried about stopping terrorism. Well, theres a really easy way: stop participating in it
"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it"
Noam Chomsky, Activist
Small: Lets face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. Theres no arguing really, is there?
"Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?"
Ron Wood, Musician
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