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I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is that we're getting a consensus around what needs to be done.
I believe that no one should be executed, guilty or innocent. There are appropriate sanctions that protect society and punish wrongdoers without forcing us to stoop to the level of the least among us at his or her worst moment.
The Gospel is open to all; the most respectable sinner has no more claim on it than the worst.
For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.
Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.
Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can lead to poor decisions and invites people to take advantage of you. Instead, be a rational optimist who takes the good with the bad, in hopes of the good ultimately outweighing the bad, and with the understanding that being pessimistic about everything accomplishes nothing. Prepare for the worst but hope for the best - the former makes you sensible, and the latter makes you an optimist.
In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes even the worst culinary disaster taste delicious.
It was our worst-ever day, the worst result in my history, ever. Even as a player I don't think I ever lost 6-1.
I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person.
Ultimately chess is just chess - not the best thing in the world and not the worst thing in the world, but there is nothing quite like it.
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world.
The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry_x000D__x000D_The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy_x000D__x000D_The books that people talk about we never can recall_x000D__x000D_And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.
James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary.
We had a dog, Apples. He was 13 years old, toothless, blind and had the worst breath this side of Jabba the Hut. But he was the sweetest dog, and I cried and cried when he died.
...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically dangerous.
We must pay attention to the millions of children of this generation who are caught up in armed conflicts. How can we protect them from the worst consequences of war? And when hostilities cease, how can we take the war out of them? By eliminating landmines, controlling the sale of small arms, raising the age of recruitment ... are all essential measures. By reuniting children with their families and providing programs of physical and psychological rehabilitation.
Speak to me as to thy thinkings, _x000D__x000D_As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts _x000D__x000D_The worst of words.
When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
I still have night terrors about things happening to my son. The worst things cross your mind when you care so much. I keep them at bay as best I can, and it's a struggle for me not to just do everything for him.
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