Famous Quotes & Sayings

Today wasn't our best performance but we met a tough opponent. We'll be better for the final, especially if all the players are available. We're very satisfied.

To be an elite team, we have to be more solid. The playoffs are a new season, and we have the ability. But we have to play our best -- mentally and physically.

Steven Pinker

I think it may not be a coincidence that the rise of printing and book publication and literacy and the phenomenon of best sellers all preceded the humanitarian reforms of the Enlightenment.

Stephen Colbert

I have a mug that actually verifies that I'm the world's best dad. That's a mug. That's not me talking. You can't just buy those.

Srikumar Rao

Acceptance does not mean that you placidly acquiesce to the myriad injustices that are all around you. In fact, that you are incensed about these injustices is the very reason you need to try your level best to 'right' these 'wrongs.'

Soledad O'Brien

I e-mail or phone my best girlfriend daily. Having people who know you well helps you stay grounded and gives perspective to whatever momentary drama you're going through.

Robert Anthony

The best way to escape from your problem is to solve it.

Robert De Niro

I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.

Robert Collier

Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

When you fail at something, the best thing to do is think back to your successes, and try to replicate whatever you did to make them happen.

Rudy Giuliani

When you're in a crisis of, you know, tremendous proportions, it's beyond any human capability to control, you just make the best decisions you can, and you just hope that your intuition is correct.

Russell Crowe

There's an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine's free, and the harbour's free, and the beach is free.

The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.

Ryan Lochte

I surround myself with people who really understand and love me. I think that's the best thing I can do.

Salman Khan

The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.

I have no doubt concerning that Supreme Goodness, who is so eager to share His blessings, or of that everlasting love which makes Him more eager to bestow perfection on us than we are to receive it.

Max Beerbohm

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best

Mario Andretti

The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call 'the good old days.' Fans want the best, wherever they come from.

Maria Shriver

My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me.

Maria Mitchell

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

Mark Wahlberg

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

We've seen many heroes from Jamaica, you know, and to be put in that class or to be looked upon on that level is overwhelming. It's pretty big shoes to fill, you know. I'm a size eight, but I'll try my best.

Oona Chaplin

My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner.

Oliver Ellsworth

The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from thence determine that it is best to have neither a legislature nor judges.

Olivia Newton-John

I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.

Olivia Newton-John

Being in love is the best thing in my life.

Orlando Aloysius Battista

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

Brandy Norwood

It may not be the best in someone else's eyes, but it's the best I can do.

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.

Gbenga Akinnagbe

'Home' may be the best part and best movie I've ever had. I loved it.

Gavin Hood

What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background.

Gregory Hines

I've had times when I've done what seems like a thousand interviews to promote a film that I'm in. I start to think that I'm the best thing that ever happened to the world, talkin' about myself for cryin' out loud. Then I come home, and my wife needs me to help with dinner and empty the garbage, and the kids need help with their homework.

Greg Wise

I'm best when I'm feral, when I don't wash or shave or change my trousers for a couple of weeks.