Quotes with next-best

Quotes 1561 till 1580 of 1663.

  • Bill Kristol While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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  • Burton Richter While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.
    Burton Richter
    American physicist (1931 - 2018)
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  • Burton Richter While a lab director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community. I learned this early in my career while I was leading the construction of the SPEAR facility.
    Burton Richter
    American physicist (1931 - 2018)
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  • Burgess Owens White Americans, stop apologizing; we live in the greatest country in the history of mankind, and it's there because of our ancestors - those who came to this country and did their very best. And every generation has gotten better at what we're good at.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Edward Young Who does the best his circumstance allows, does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
    Edward Young
    British poet (1683 - 1765)
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  • Caroline Knapp Who has the best features? This was a little game, conducted several times and always with the same results, in seventh grade, the time when so many of life's little horrors begin.
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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  • William Goldman Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.
    William Goldman
    American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1931 - 2018)
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  • Dean William R. Inge Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
    Dean William R. Inge
    Dean of St Paul's, London (1860 - 1954)
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  • Jim Bakker Why should I apologize because God throws in crystal chandeliers, mahogany floors, and the best construction in the world?
    Jim Bakker
    American televangelist (1940 - )
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  • Alfred N. Whitehead Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
    Alfred N. Whitehead
    English philosopher and mathematician (1861 - 1947)
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  • Francis Hutcheson Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best Ends by the best Means.
    Source: Inquiry into the best means of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue II, 5
    Francis Hutcheson
    Irish philosopher (1694 - 1746)
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  • David Starr Jordan Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
    David Starr Jordan
    American educator, eugenicist, and peace activist (1851 - 1931)
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  • Herbert Hoover Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
    Herbert Hoover
    American engineer, businessman and politician (1874 - 1964)
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  • Florence Nightingale Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.
    Florence Nightingale
    English social reformer, founder of modern nursing and statistician (1820 - 1910)
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  • Scott Reed With a definite, step-by-step plan - ah, what a difference it makes! You cannot fail, because each step carries you along to the next, like a track…
    Scott Reed
    American author
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  • Bill Maris With a regular venture fund, you raise, let's say, a billion dollars, and then over the next three or four years, you've got to invest that money; otherwise, the people who invested with you will say, 'What are you doing? You're just collecting fees on our money.'
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Ben Parr With every inch of land on Earth now catalogued by our satellites, the stars are the next place we as a species must travel. And with a booming world population that will hit 9.1 billion in 2050, large-scale space travel may become a necessity.
    Ben Parr
    American journalist, author, venture capitalist (1985 - )
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  • Ben Carson With everything that is complex, we learn. If you don't learn, then it's an utter and abject failure. If you do learn, and you're able to apply that to the next situation, then you take away a measure of success.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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W. Bruce Cameron With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on Oprah, Fox News, the Early Show, and Good Morning America. Oprah was the best - an hour long segment. TV is so short; you answer a few questions, and then it's over. It feels like a hit-and-run with a camera.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Barbara Boxer With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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