Quotes with good-fortune

Quotes 2741 till 2760 of 2950.

  • Billy Joel When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Bel Powley When I was young, there weren't any teenage girls I could relate to in film. They were all put in boxes: the virginal good girl, the really sarcastic asexual one. I wanted to do something that represented how I felt then.
    Bel Powley
    English actress (1992 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Dean Martin When Jerry Lewis and I were big, we used to go to parties, and everybody thought I was big-headed and stuck up, and I wasn't. It was because I didn't know how to speak good English, so I used to keep my mouth shut.
    Dean Martin
    American film actor and singer (1917 - 1995)
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  • William Faulkner When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.
    William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Buddha When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Zora Neale Hurston When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.
    Zora Neale Hurston
    American novelist, short story writer, folklorist and anthropologist (1891 - 1960)
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  • George Bernard Shaw When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Billy Bob Thornton When people wear shoes that don't fit them, it says something about their soul. Generally, I think it means they are good people.
    Billy Bob Thornton
    American actor, writer, and musician (1955 - )
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  • Samuel Goldwyn When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
    Samuel Goldwyn
    American producer (1882 - 1974)
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  • Anthony Holden When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Billie Jean King When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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W. Bruce Cameron When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal When we are accustomed to use bad reasons for proving natural effects, we are not willing to receive good reasons when they are discovered.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Oscar Wilde When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Charles A. Stoddard When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it.
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  • John Updike When we try in good faith to believe in materialism, in the exclusive reality of the physical, we are asking our selves to step aside; we are disavowing the very realm where we exist and where all things precious are kept - the realm of emotion and conscience, of memory and intention and sensation.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Shunryu Suzuki When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
    Shunryu Suzuki
    Japanese Buddhist missionary (1904 - 1971)
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  • Al Franken When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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