Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ronald Reagan

Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's the key, there's the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as you want."

Robert Wilson Lynd

Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.

Robert Crais

Efficiency and focus are the keys to success.

Richelle Mead

I reached into my pocket and triumphantly flashed the CR-V keys Iʹd swiped when weʹd come back inside. ʺThe driver,ʺ I said. I DIDNʹT GET TO DRIVE.

Richard Ayoade

American television is very much created by the writers, just the volume of it. The writers are so key. You're just trying to do something that serves that script. And in general, film isn't all about the script, really.

Ryan Lochte

The key to the Lochte haircut is being fresh and looking up-to-date.

Thomas S. Monson

Testimony bearing is the key to missionary work

Thomas S. Monson

I testify that when we do all we can to accomplish the work that is before us, the Lord will make available to us the sacred key needed to unlock the treasure which we so much seek.

Thomas Sowell

Most problems, decisions, and performances are multidimensional, but somehow the results have to be reduced to a few key indicators which are to be institutionally rewarded or penalized... The need to reduce the indicators to a manageable few is based not only on the need to conserve the time (and sanity) of those who assign rewards and penalties, but also to provide those subject to these incentives with some objective indication of what their performance is expected to be and how it will be judged... key indicators can never tell the whole story.

Robert Greene

The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

Richard M. Nixon

You have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks. The key is to devise a system that recognizes this all while not appearing to.

Richard M. Nixon

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.

Ricardo Semler

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.

Ricardo Semler

The key to management is to get rid of the managers.

Ritchie Blackmore

Simplicity is the key.

Sarah Dessen

There was something striking about a single key. It was like a question waiting to be answered, a whole missing a half. Useless on its own, needing something else to be truly defined.

Rohan Bopanna

Discipline has been a key factor to my success.

Rohit Shetty

By nature, I am a low-key person and like being behind the camera.

Rod Serling

You unlock the door with the key of imagination.

Sandra Pupatello

Thanks to the FedDev Ontario funding we were able to get a number of key initiatives underway to mitigate the potential negative economic impact of the Heinz closure. With this additional funding we will continue to be in high gear within the food processing sector to continue with business retention, expansion and attraction activities in the Windsor-Essex region.

Wallace Stevens

Key West, unfortunately, is becoming rather literary and artistic.

Wallace Stevens

Just as my fingers on these keys make music, so the self-same sounds on my spirit make a music too.

Vivek Wadhwa

A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules.

Vince Young

Preparation is the biggest key right now.

William Butler Yeats

We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty...

Wladimir Klitschko

The whole key is to be honest with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done.

Winston Churchill

Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.

Winston Churchill

Soviet Union foreign policy is a puzzle inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma, and the key is Russian nationalism.

Zadie Smith

To a novelist, fluidity is the ultimate good omen; suddenly difficult problems are simply solved, intractable structural knots loosen themselves, and you come upon the key without even recognizing that this is what you hold.

Zac Efron

I'd love to take a year off and travel the world under the radar. I would love to do it really low key. I wouldn't need to stay in fancy hotels or anything; I just want to explore - but I don't know how I'd do it. Would I shave my head to try and go incognito? Ha ha! I'm not telling.

Wade Davis

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.

Will Smith

I keep going because I doubt myself. It drives me to be better. I've learned that the mastery of self-doubt is the key to success. It's like being animated by the love of a woman - the need to be worthy of her.

Warren Buffett

Confidence is key. You're not going to put your money - you're not going to leave your money with me unless you're confident I'm going to give it back to you.