Famous Quotes & Sayings

Herodotus

Force has no place where there is need of skill

Henry Rollins

I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear.

Hilary Mantel

History is a set of skills rather than a narrative.

Henry Ward Beecher

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Henry Fielding

the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.

Kate Winslet

I'll go to Tracie Martyn about a week before and get the Resculpting Facial. It makes you look brighter, healthier... like you got some extra rest. I'm 33 now and need to treat my skin, otherwise it doesn't look fresh.

Kate Winslet

I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.

Kate Hudson

I realized that my skin was always the best when I had only been cleaning it, I hadn't been moisturizing that much and I hadn't been going to a facialist.

Kate Hudson

A lot of my life involves sitting and having make-up put on; whether it's on a movie set or for a photo shoot. When you're wearing that kind of make-up all the time your skin does get all this sensitivity, so it's important that you make sure you have make-up that is easy on your skin and not too harsh for it.

Kate Hudson

The happier I am, the better my skin is. Any woman knows when they are over exerting themselves, whether it is emotionally or physically, you can see it on your face.

Joshua Foer

The way to get better at a skill is to force yourself to practice just beyond your limits.

Kate Reardon

If you develop just one muscle, one skill, make it the ability to focus and just get on with it. It will not only make you desirably employable, but it will make you happy.

Kate Moss

I definitely feel more comfortable in my own skin since turning 40.

Karlie Kloss

You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.

Leona Lewis

I love nature and enjoy learning new skills.

Leland Stanford

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity.

Laura Ziskin

I had very few skills. If I hadn't been a producer I'd been a failed actor. That would have been really disastrous.

Laurell K. Hamilton

Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.

Gordon Ramsay

Stopping the junk food and Eating well is partially about cooking well and having the skills to do that.

Helen Clark

New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nature has neither core nor skin: she’s both at once outside and in.

Joanne Froggatt

I use mainly products by Dermalogica. They have specialized formulas to target specific skin needs, which I like. It works well for my sensitive skin.

Joanne Froggatt

The condition of my skin changes often, depending on the season or if I'm traveling a lot.

John C. Reilly

It's true that the skills required to be a conman are the same as those required for being an actor. Though those skills are in the service of something a bit more noble with acting, I hope.

John C. Reilly

I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.

John C. Maxwell

Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you.

Gayle Forman

I want to ask him where that kitchen is. Where he's from. But he seems guarded. Or maybe it's me. Maybe making friends is a specific skill, and I missed the lesson.

John Kenneth Galbraith

It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast - even the English can't do it.

Paracelsus

For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.

Rachel Bilson

My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.

Peter Mandelson

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.

Peter Matthiessen

I have never figured out how women work but I do know that their skin color has no significance. Black or white, every last one is pretty pink on the inside and they are all impossible.

Primo Levi

We who survived the Camps are not true witnesses. We are those who, through prevarication, skill or luck, never touched bottom. Those who have, and who have seen the face of the Gorgon, did not return, or returned wordless.