Quotes 141 till 160 of 1344.
-
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
-
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
-
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
-
As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby.
-
As an American people, what is greatest about our history are the many times we have led this world away from hate, towards hope.
-
As entrepreneurs, we often get pressured into hiring an industry executive. While it's good to hire people with experience, it can also be a stumbling block because they think about the business the same way everyone else does.
-
As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
-
As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.
-
At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.
-
At home in Paris I take a milk bath two times a week, but here on the road it is more difficult. I miss them.
-
At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.
-
At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m passing the torch. I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.
-
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
-
At the beginning of every act of faith, there is often a seed of fear. For great acts of faith are seldom born out of calm calculation.
-
At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is built on the past just as the past was built on the times that went before it.
-
At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.
-
At various times over 20 years, I did preliminary designs for aircraft like the Stratolaunch. For that whole time I was encouraging us to do something that almost everyone else felt you could not do.
-
Bacteria are single-celled organisms. Bacteria are the model organisms for everything that we know in higher organisms. There are 10 times more bacterial cells in you or on you than human cells.
-
Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.
All often-times famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 8)
