Quotes with good-fortune

Quotes 1441 till 1460 of 2950.

  • John Galsworthy It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.
    A Bit O' Love (1915)
    John Galsworthy
    British writer, playwright (1867 - 1933)
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  • Bruce Sutter It just tickles me still when you see Roger Clemens, as great as he is, throw a split-finger and the hitter just swings and misses. They don't see that ball that well. Jack Morris threw an awful good one and Mike Scott. There's a lot of great pitchers over the years that I think that pitch definitely helped their career.
    Bruce Sutter
    American professional baseball pitcher (1953 - )
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  • Blake Mycoskie It may sound too good to be true, but once you've seen the happiest people in your life who have nothing, you really start rethinking what the world, and society, tells us that we need to be happy.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Bill Vaughan It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Menander of Athens It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
    Menander of Athens
    Greek dramati poet (342 - 291)
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  • Bob Keeshan It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.
    Bob Keeshan
    American television producer and actor (1927 - 2004)
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  • Woody Allen It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Anne Tyler It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.
    Anne Tyler
    American novelist and short story writer (1941 - )
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  • Joan Baez It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.
    Joan Baez
    American singer, songwriter (1941 - )
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  • George Eliot It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Stephen Leacock It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.
    Stephen Leacock
    Canadian humorist and economist (1869 - 1944)
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  • Calvin Coolidge It takes a great man to be a good listener.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • David Bailey It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.
    David Bailey
    English fashion and portrait (1938 - )
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  • W. H. Auden It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Mark Twain It takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Mark Twain It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Charles Dickens It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Barry Sanders It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing for the Lions. I consider the Lions' players, coaches, staff, management and fans my family. I leave on good terms with everyone in the organization.
    Barry Sanders
    American football player (1968 - )
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  • Calamity Jane It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
    Calamity Jane
    American frontierswoman (1852 - 1903)
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