Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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• True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

  

  F. H. Bradley
  • True
  • Man
  • Silence

• We need more partnerships like Vigor Industrial and Portland Community College where men and women in search of a career can get the training they need to get hired right out of school.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Men
  • Women
  • School

• I would never belong to any club that excluded anybody for race.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Never
  • Race
  • Club

• I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.

  

  Walter Jon Williams
  • Up
  • Time
  • School

• They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love.

  

  Ina Garten
  • People
  • Better
  • Garden

• I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.

  

  Barbara Palvin
  • Work
  • Love
  • Food

• Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Work
  • Important
  • Charity

• When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Want
  • You
  • Numbers

• We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Want
  • Rock
  • Jazz

• I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Morning
  • Car
  • Driving

• A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Work
  • Sound
  • Marketing

• I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • World
  • Always
  • Daydreaming

• Even in the tough times, He's still a good God.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Good
  • God
  • Tough Times

• Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.

  

  Ikue Mori
  • Always
  • Changing
  • Momentum

• Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Up
  • Time
  • Doing

• I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest. And I think that's been a thorn in my side.

  

  Gabrielle Anwar
  • Think
  • Difficult
  • Reputation

• Maintenance is terribly important.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Important
  • Maintenance

• What I look for in a script is the plot point and whether they're strong, obviously, or not, whether the characters are rich or not, and if I can do justice to the character or not. Some movies you look at and the script is so bad that no one can do anything with the script.

  

  Larenz Tate
  • Character
  • Bad
  • Strong

• They can put me in a jungle. Still, I can create.

  

  M. F. Husain
  • Me
  • Create
  • I Can

• Jackie's dream was France, but mine was really art and Italy, as that was all I cared about through school. My history of art teacher, who saved my life at Farmington, was obsessed with Bernard Berenson, and I succumbed as well.

  

  Lee Radziwill
  • Life
  • School
  • Art

• It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • Art
  • Yoga
  • Inspiring

• It is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill.

  

  Nigel Lawson
  • Country
  • Records
  • Clear

• Before I was a mom I used to think that parents who worried about their kids watching MTV were just clueless. Now that I'm a mom, I see what the fuss was all about!

  

  Martha Quinn
  • Kids
  • Parents
  • Mom

• Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

  

  Franklin D. Roosevelt