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

• What then did you expect when you unbound the gag that muted those black mouths? That they would chant your praises? Did you think that when those heads that our fathers had forcibly bowed down to the ground were raised again, you would find adoration in their eyes?

  

  Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Black
  • Eyes

• Last good pratfall I did, I broke bones in both hands. I still feel it when people shake my hand.

  

  Chevy Chase
  • People
  • Good
  • Hand

• Who knows? Maybe someday I'll be living in the White House.

  

  Jazz Jennings
  • House

• Gravity must be natural and simple; there must be urbanity and tenderness in it. A man must not formalize on everything. He who does so is a fool; and a grave fool is, perhaps, more injurious than a light fool.

  

  William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
  • Simple
  • Natural
  • Gravity

• I try to place beautiful imagery next to fucked up imagery, because that's how I view things … I sometimes feel that no one's taken the time to write about certain things in rock, that there's a certain female point of view that's never been given space.

  

  Courtney Love
  • Up
  • Time
  • Beautiful

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

  

  Franklin D. Roosevelt