Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.

Edward Gibbon

The fortune of nations has often depended on accidents . . .

Carlos Fuentes

I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.

Charles de Gaulle

It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.

Belle Boyd

Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.

Joe Ogilvie

It's a good way to make a small fortune smaller.

Tom Brokaw

I'm a guy who's had great good fortune in his life. And everything has kind of gone in my direction.

Tom Golisano

We picked a great marketplace. We were a pioneer in payroll processing for very small companies. And we had the perseverance and good fortune enough to stick it out.

Alan Zemaitis

The thing about it is, Michael Robinson, Matthew Rice and me, you would think that we are fortune-tellers, the way we scripted the season up to this point. We predicted it all.

Ted Stevens

We're getting into new substances that might have the potential for contamination or exposure, leading to difficulty. I think it's something we ought to explore.

David Waller

as nothing but a misunderstanding and he appreciates what the US administration has done to make sure we don't run into difficulty like that again.

Peter DeShazo

All realistic outcomes of the vote are fraught with difficulty.

Taylor Hanson

About eight months in, we realized there was going to be more difficulty than we thought.

Johnny Smith

A lot of the people who come through here are repeat offenders and part of their problems are that they are having difficulty getting a job without a high school diploma. This new GED program is a stepping stone for them to start having a better life.

Al Groh

They had two or three plays that we had difficulty with all day. We tried four or five different solutions.

Rick Sherlund

They said the pipeline looks strong, but they've had difficulty turning that in to revenue,

Bob Israel

For awhile, they were having difficulty getting new cars, but that has worked its way through the pipeline.

Ashraf Laidi

The number is not good for the dollar. There is increased difficulty for the U.S. to finance its swelling trade deficit.

Jeff Lemire

We want to take our time with 'Descender' and let the story unfold at its own pace. But we have carefully planned each world and worked to give each its own look and feel. And each of the 9 core worlds will play a role in the series.

Steve Squyres

There are cliffs the rover could fall over and die if we aren't careful. We are gong to proceed carefully and methodically.

Lee Byung-hun

Hollywood has a longer pre-production period and they juggle shooting schedules more carefully for each cast. In Korea, we shoot day and night without much break.

Steve Struzyk

When you stress the weight room, you have to be careful about your message.

Rob Friedman

We have not always been as careful as we could have been. The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement.

Rob Friedman

We have not always been as careful as we could have been, ... The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement.

Kevin Kinel

We've still got to be careful to get things done at sectional. Once he's at the state meet, he'll be at home. That says a lot for a freshman, but that's sort of the way he is. He loves to race and loves a challenge.

Amy Tan

I write because I know that one day I will die, and thus I should experience as many deliberate observations, careful thoughts, wild ideas, and deep emotions as I can before that day occurs.

Nic Pizzolatto

If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by - so you'd better be careful what stories you tell yourself.