Philip James Bailey Quotes

Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.

Philip James Bailey

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• I have selective hearing.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Hearing
  • Selective

• My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • Why
  • Parents
  • Know

• The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Time
  • School
  • Study

• Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • People
  • Loving
  • Preaching

• The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.

  

  Ida B. Wells
  • Spirit
  • Vote
  • Suffrage

• I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • Happy
  • Know
  • Everyone

• We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.

  

  Uta Hagen
  • You
  • Chance
  • Overcome

• I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Travel
  • Luxury
  • Cuddling

• I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • World
  • Forget
  • Start

• I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.

  

  Tamae Watanabe
  • World
  • Love
  • Me

• My favorite was always whichever sport was in season. I think these days it's almost saddening to see kids who are 10 or 11 and are forced to choose one sport and specialize in that sport and play that sport year-round. By playing different sports... you become a better all-around athlete.

  

  Sam Bradford
  • Different
  • Kids
  • Sports

• I started to write The Name of the Rose in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Rose
  • March

• I've tried several varieties of sex, all of which I hate. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic; the others give me a stiff neck and/or lockjaw.

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Hate
  • Sex

• Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.

  

  Mason Cooley
  • Friends

• What kind of woman irons her husband's sheets? Even the clothes I wear, I just throw 'em in the dryer with some golf balls.

  

  Bonnie Hunt
  • Husband
  • Golf

• It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Heart
  • Past
  • Light

• I'm supportive of anyone, male or female, feeling good about themselves.

  

  Brooke Elliott
  • Good
  • Feeling

• I believe I have quality, and that's why I won a grand slam, so I know I can do it again.

  

  Ana Ivanovic
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Quality

• We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.

  

  Kendrick Meek
  • People

• Like the amazing story of Anthony Johnson. This man was a slave, then became free, accumulated 250 acres, and even had his own slave, a black man who took him to court in Virginia in 1654.That man argued that he should be freed like an indentured servant. But Johnson, who we believe was a pure African from Angola, said, "No way, you're my slave." And the court agreed.

  

  Henry Louis Gates
  • Believe
  • Men
  • Slave

• Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Women
  • Country
  • Reality

• Witness state is not a mental state, it is a state of a spiritual ascent where you become a witness. Best way to practice witness state is not to criticize anyone.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Love
  • Wisdom
  • Spiritual

• Okay, so why was the plant built in the first place? It was built to produce products. Why can’t that be the goal? Jonah said it wasn’t. But I don’t see why it isn’t the goal. We’re a manufacturing company. That means we have to manufacture something, doesn’t it? Isn’t that the whole point, to produce products? Why else are we here?

  

  Eliyahu M. Goldratt
  • Goal
  • Plant
  • Products

• Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.

  

  Philip James Bailey
  • Wisdom
  • Suffering
  • Gained