Quotes 841 till 860 of 1600.
-
People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity.
-
People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.
-
People travel for the same reason as they collect works of art: because the best people do it.
-
People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me.
-
People want to see patterns in the world. It is how we evolved. We descended from those primates who were best at spotting the telltale pattern of a predator in the forest, or of food in the savannah. So important is this skill that we apply it everywhere, warranted or not.
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets Ch. 12, p. 245 -
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
-
Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.
-
Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.
-
Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.
-
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
-
Plan for the worst, expect the best.
Legend -
Plasticene and self-expression will not solve the problems of education. Nor will technology and vocational guidance; nor the classics and the Hundred Best Books.
-
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
-
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
-
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
-
Politics is the art of the next best.
-
Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
-
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind
All second-best famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 43)
