Quotes:Charles Kennedy must think hard about whether he has the
personal strength to fight the triple demons of the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the drink problem.
View quotes by Sandra GidleyPeople who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no
personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Always have something ahead of you to 'look forward to' - to work for and hope for.
View quotes by Maxwell MaltzDemocracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with
personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
View quotes by James MadisonA series of rumours about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the
personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.
View quotes by Ted LindsayHe's given a lifetime of service to the party. Without his contribution - among others - we wouldn't have had three terms of government.
I know he has been damaged by events in his
personal life - those are, in my view, private matters and should remain so.
He should be judged by his contribution. [on John 'Two Jags' Prescott]
View quotes by Des BrowneThere are four of us: me and Sami Shaio, Jon Payne and Arthur van Hoff. All four of us are part of the original core Java team. It was a combination of a
personal decision for each one of us, and a realization that this was the right time, the opportune time in the market. Each one of us, I think, had always wanted to be an entrepreneur.
View quotes by Kim PoleseI don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your
personal life, to be a writer.
View quotes by Doris LessingA job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something. It is a
personal product that people, a lot of people, take the time to sit down and read.
View quotes by Jimmy Breslin'It is by no means enough that an officer be capable...He should be a gentleman of liberal education, refined, manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of
personal honor... No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.'
View quotes by John Paul JonesAmong our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of ordinary men, sharing their difficulties and understanding their trials by close
personal experience.
View quotes by Roland AllenThe dichotomy between
personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.
View quotes by Potter StewartNothing should ever be
personal in business or else it's not truly business.
View quotes by Edsel FordIn our country, true teams rarely exist . . . social barriers and
personal ambitions have reduced athletes to dissolute cliques or individuals thrown together for mutual profit . . . Yet these rugby players. with their muddied, cracked bodies, are struggling to hold onto a sense of humanity that we in America have lost and are unlikely to regain. The game may only be to move a ball forward on a dirt field, but the task can be accomplished with an unshackled joy and its memories will be a permanent delight. The women and men who play on that rugby field are more alive than too many of us will ever be. The foolish emptiness we think we perceive in their existence is only our own
View quotes by Victor Cahn View Results: page 1 2 3 4 5
Perform another search
|
|
|
| |
|
