Famous Quotes & Sayings

Plato

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

P. J. O'Rourke

Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.

Let your mind see every detail of your own special version of the very best that life can be. If you could make the world exactly to your liking, consider very specifically just how that world would be. If you could spend your time doing precisely what you wish, how would the moments of your life be lived?

Brenton Thwaites

I was on a show called 'SliDE' when I graduated from college, and then that set the premise of my love for acting. It was so much fun. I was on set with my best friends every day. From that, I got 'Home and Away' and it was such a relaxed, friendly environment. Everyone's so kind and supportive.

Bre Pettis

The self-driving car is coming. And right now, our best supply of organs come from car accidents... Once we have self-driving cars, we can actually reduce the number of accidents, but the next problem then would be organ replacement.

Bre Pettis

I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once.

Billy Mays

When I'm up against a wall, that's when Billy Mays performs best.

Billy Martin

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.

Maybe the best way to get people to be pro-life is to start 'em off in amateur-life.

Alex Pettyfer

I don't really look for a script and go, 'I need to do a thriller, so I'm going to do this.' I just read scripts and look for the best possible story.

Andrew Lansley

Experience in other countries shows how big money, rather than the best political candidate, can influence politics.

Andrew Lansley

The NHS is a national organisation, but it is best delivered locally.

Anna Wintour

'Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.

Anna Kendrick

After we shot the first 'Twilight,' we organized our own wrap party. We really didn't know what this was going to be. Something like that can come at you unexpectedly, and you just have to try your best to deal with it.

Anne Hathaway

I look my best after an entire hair and makeup team has spent hours perfecting me. When do I feel my best? When I haven't looked in a mirror for days, and I'm doing things that make me happy.

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Nikolai Khabibulin

Trades are part of the business. I have no real control over that. I don't want to go anywhere. It'd be nice to be here until the end of my career. This is a great place to be. I think we're going to turn it around, and when we do, this will be one of the best places to play in the NHL.

William McKinley

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Cuttino Mobley

Tracy's one of the best at scoring in bunches, so I tried to contest his shots and make him take tough shots. We just tried to wear him down a little bit, and we did a better job of that in the second half.

Aidan Quinn

to work with the best material that is offered to me at a time when I need to work, and with the best people.

Katherine Mansfield

To work -- to work! It is such infinite delight to know that we still have the best things to do.

To witness the birth of a child is our best opportunity to experience the meaning of the word miracle.

(To win) we need to make our best times, but this meet will also be determined a lot by the people who get second, third and fourth because that's more points that we can take away from them.

This structure is a celebration of the thoroughbred horse. This is, we believe, by the time we fix it up a little bit, going to be the best facility in the world.

This start was a lot better than my last start here. Today is the best I've felt.

You look for players to show their best in their last (14) games or so. You want to see who's getting involved and who's paying the price.

Stephen Ames

You look at the start of this year; he hasn't driven it great, yet he still comes out winning. His short game and his iron play is phenomenal. If you followed these nine holes, you know how good it was. He was hitting it inside 10 feet every hole. That's good playing. This was the best I've seen him hit the driver, too.

Mark Brown

You don't really think about having a long run in the team. You really can only try and keep your place in the side and keep performing week in and week out, because obviously there are people on the sidelines who are waiting to get a game in your place so you just want to do your best and stay playing.

Tom Fitzgerald

You don't put on this sweater and go through the motions. I know some people might think that's what we've been doing, but we haven't. That has not been why we are having the season we are having. It's not difficult at all to go out there and do the best you can even if you're out of the playoff race. That's what we are being paid to do, and I think we are doing it. Tonight, it was enough for us to win.

Richard Jefferson

You don't prove yourself until the playoffs. Detroit and Miami are the two best teams in the conference, and until someone knocks them off, they're still the two best teams in the conference.

Albert Pujols

You don't play to win the division, you play to win championship rings. How many division titles does this team have? ... We don't care about that. It doesn't matter what record we have. Last year we had the best record in the majors and we lost in the World Series.

You don't lose your rhythm, you just want to go out there and get yourself prepared, try to go out there and work on the things you need to work on to help the team win the best way possible. I feel the way I can do that is just go out there and get better.

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