Quotes with thing”

Quotes 561 till 580 of 1861.

  • James Baldwin If all you want to do is make money, the very last thing you need is imagination.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Niels Bohr If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them.
    Niels Bohr
    Danish scientist and physicist (1885 - 1962)
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  • Bertrand Russell If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • William Somerset Maugham If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Samuel Butler If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Jonathan Swift If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Arthur Godfrey If I go to a seminar and someone like you or someone like him is talking, I'm never part of the group that rushes him directly afterward. I always wait in the back corner with my head down until everyone is gone, and then I go up and do my thing.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Ben Schwartz If I play a video game, I have to get through the whole thing. Like, when the new 'Resident Evil' comes out, I have to sit and do the whole thing. It will consume my life. I'm at a point where I don't have much time to play around anymore, so I don't really get started on the games if I won't be able to finish them.
    Ben Schwartz
    American actor, comedian, writer and producer (1981 - )
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Ben Horowitz If I'm in my position at a company, I may not have the knowledge of the C.E.O., I may not know what's possible, or I may not have the creativity, but if I can identify a problem, that's a valuable thing.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Dan Dierdorf If I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed.
    Dan Dierdorf
     
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  • Bonnie Hunt If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Lord Melbourne If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done.
    Lord Melbourne
    British Statesman, Prime Minister (1779 - 1848)
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  • Sylvia Plath If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.
    Sylvia Plath
    American poet (1932 - 1963)
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  • Vincent Van Gogh If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • Aldous Huxley If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Brad Feld If the crisis lasts moments, rapid action is critical. But if it's simply the beginning of a broader issue, especially one where the root cause isn't known yet, the worst thing a leader can do is act immediately.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo If the nature of a thing is such that it is reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril when negligently made, it is then a thing of danger. Its nature gives warning of the consequences to be expected. If to the element of danger there is added knowledge that the thing will be used by persons other than the purchaser, and used without new tests, then, irrespective of contract, the manufacturer of this thing of danger is under a duty to make it carefully.
    Source: MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Robert Hewison If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.
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  • Teena Booth If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
    Teena Booth
     
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