Quotes with best-prepared

Quotes 721 till 740 of 1414.

  • Josh Billings One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Bee Wilson One of the rudest things you can do, food-wise, is to stare at someone in the act of eating. It draws attention to the unseemly fact that eating is a bodily function - like animals, we are trapped by our hungers, but we do our best to disguise them with such civilized props as menus and forks.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Jonathan Swift One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Dan Quayle One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is to be prepared.
    Dan Quayle
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Plautus Ones oldest friend is the best.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Sir Max Beerbohm Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    British Actor (1872 - 1956)
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  • Jean Giraudoux Only the mediocre are always at their best.
    Jean Giraudoux
    French writer (1882 - 1944)
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  • Dale Carnegie Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Ford Maddox Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.
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  • M. Drayton Our best conceits do prove the greatest liars.
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  • Robert Cialdini Our best evidence of what people truly feel and believe comes less from their words than from their deeds.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Our best history is still poetry.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bill Simmons Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams. Some of the best relationships I ever had were with Boston athletes that I never even met.
    Bill Simmons
    American sports analyst and author (1969 - )
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  • James H. Robinson Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Billy Parish Our personal networks, although often small at the beginning, can still be the best place to start when we want to get a job that makes a difference or take our ideas to the next level.
    Billy Parish
    American environmental entrepreneur, author, and activist (1981 - )
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  • Socrates Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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