James Truslow Adams Quotes

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

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• Let's judge a man on what he's done.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Done
  • Man
  • Judge

• There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.

  

  Carlo Ponti
  • Work
  • Art
  • Perfect

• I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.

  

  Zoe Lister-Jones
  • Men
  • Women
  • Think

• Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Work
  • Discipline
  • Commitment

• Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Use
  • Intelligence
  • Guidance

• There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • World
  • Now
  • Expression

• I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • People
  • Friends
  • Funny

• You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • She
  • Feeling
  • You

• When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • People
  • Time
  • Mind

• And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Place

• In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Always
  • Wishes
  • Philippines

• All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

  

  Edmund Wilson
  • Hollywood
  • Corrupts

• My message to business leaders is clear: If you are looking to expand your business and boost the bottom line, there is no better place than Utah to do it.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Business
  • Better
  • Looking

• As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Want
  • Myself
  • Continue

• The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.

  

  Baltasar Garzon
  • People
  • Law
  • Politics

• In 2013, a great national coalition came together to compel Congress to deny Barack Obama authority to take us to war in Syria.

  

  Pat Buchanan
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  • War
  • Together

• Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.

  

  Yuna
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  • Egypt

• George Clooney had the web of celebrity from television and doing 'ER,' and he's able to parlay that into films. God willing, I'll be up there in a few years.

  

  Bailey Chase
  • Up
  • God
  • Years

• I remember the first time I saw 'Frances Ha' and was like, 'This is what I want to do.'

  

  Kathryn Newton
  • Time
  • Remember

• I generally like to wear my hair down, preferably with soft curls. But when I'm having a bad hair day, I like to wear my hair in French braids or fishtail braids.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Bad
  • Day
  • Hair

• For people to escape poverty for good, we need better policies that support work, strengthen families, and move America forward.

  

  Charles Boustany
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Dark
  • Always
  • Never

• If you see cattle as a source of organic manure, animal energy, as well as milk products, then Indian cattle are not inferior. It is only when you measure them as milk machines that they become inferior. What if we measured the dairy cows of America or Jersey or the Swiss Alps in terms of their work functions? They would be terribly inferior.

  

  Vandana Shiva
  • Work
  • America
  • Energy

• There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

  

  James Truslow Adams
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