Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry Petroski

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

Hesiod

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.

Alan Greenspan

The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.

Adriana Lima

Coconut water is just the best for you; it's always something we had in Brazil. Since I was a little girl, I've been drinking it.

Adriana Lima

If you're nervous, that means you care and you want to give your best.

David Henry Hwang

If I do a play, it's my vision, and everybody else is working on the production to support that. If I do an opera, I feel like part of my job is to support that composer, to try and create something that allows the composer to do his or her best work. In movies, it's usually the director.

And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!

Don Johnson

I'd like to think I haven't done my best yet.

Fear of failure has always been my best motivator.

The majority of the time, we try to hire the best people that we can get just to make the best films, and I think that's something that Pure Flix has been known for the movies we produce on the budgets that we do... our production values have elevated this genre.

Dave Franco

As much as I love and respect my brother, I'm doing my best to distance myself from him and kind of show people that, even though we do look similar and have similar mannerisms, we are completely different.

David Burtka

I always thought that family was the most important thing in life, and no matter what I do, whether being a chef or an actor or a dancer, being a dad is what I do best.

Bev Perdue

Women have to be very vigilant, and demand the very best in public schools, health care and pay, those things that men and women of this state value are at risk.

James M. Barrie

We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.

Bryan Burrough

'Bonnie and Clyde,' while one of the best movies ever made, was far more interested in portraying Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as romantic anti-establishment Robin Hoods than what they really were: white-trash spree killers.

Bar Refaeli

The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.

Barbara Lee

We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.

Bill Cunningham

The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be.

The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.

Andrew Lo

Ideas percolate. Through natural selection, the best ones survive.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

In truth, the best Bitcoin can hope for is to be a second-rate version of gold, if that.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Corporate engineers have looked at how women are with each other, borrowing the best tips from female neighborhood culture and then transporting them back into the bosom of capitalism. They've feminized capitalism.

Abraham Verghese

Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing for me as a writer.

Adam Braun

While many in the social enterprise space often qualify themselves as 'non-profit,' these organizations should instead treat themselves as 'for-purpose.' These organizations should focus on their mission to create social good, while still treating themselves with the same commitment to rigor and discipline as the best for-profits.

Adam Braun

When you have a celebrity who is willing to shine his personal spotlight on the non-profit and can also speak articulately about the mission, that's really the best of both worlds.

Adam Levine

The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.

Bjork

I do love one-upmanship sometimes, like when you see kids breakdancing and who can do the best tricks. It's common, it's in our nature as animals, like the birds of paradise who've got the best feathers and that sort of stuff. But it's fun when it's impulsive and it's about fun.

Blake Lively

I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture.

Blake Lively

Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.

Blake Lively

My dad actually makes the best cookies. My mum is great baker, too, but doesn't share them - it's tantalising! Luckily for me though, my dad shares his!

Danny McBride

Jody Hill, who I created 'Eastbound And Down' and 'Fist Foot Way' with, was my best man at my wedding.

Daniel Keys Moran

There's no way for me to know, but my best guess, as it must be for everyone, is that other people are pretty much like me.

Rupert Sanders

We just did the best we could with quite a limited budget, to be honest, and had a lot of success.