George Brett Quotes

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

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• The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Religion
  • Idea
  • Scripture

• People take things so seriously.

  

  Dana Ashbrook
  • People
  • Things
  • Seriously

• He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • Two
  • Editors
  • Review

• When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.

  

  Zachary Gordon
  • People
  • Up
  • Mom

• I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.

  

  Karrie Webb
  • Strong
  • Golf
  • Gift

• The opposite of an underminer is a supporter. When colleagues are supportive, they go out of their way to be givers rather than takers, working to enhance our productivity, make us look good, share ideas, and provide timely help.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Good
  • Help
  • Ideas

• Italy's assets are her style, her beauty, her creativity, her passion, her energy, her technology; and these will be core brand values of all our cars. Fiat as a company has a long way to go and a steep road ahead.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Long
  • Energy
  • Technology

• I have never sought the reason why I write.

  

  Nathalie Sarraute
  • Why
  • Reason
  • Never

• My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Good
  • Father
  • Like

• I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Different
  • Character
  • Think

• I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Conflict
  • Unhappy

• I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Believe
  • Style
  • Better

• The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • You
  • Back
  • Bottle

• There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Marriage
  • Believing
  • Liberal

• Birth was the death of him.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Death
  • Birth
  • Him

• But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • History
  • Think
  • Know

• Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • World
  • Political
  • Funny

• It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • You
  • Simple
  • Faithful

• Much learning shows how little mortals know;Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.

  

  Edward Young
  • Learning

• Fortunately, cartooning is not a job. It's something like eating or sleeping.

  

  Sergio Aragones
  • Eating
  • Sleeping
  • Cartooning

• Read at a time when everything feels intense, seminal, and like you're the first person to discover it, freshman year of college, Carol Gilligan's 'In a Different Voice' made my hair stand on end with awe.

  

  Emma McLaughlin
  • Time
  • Different
  • College

• I come from a family of compulsive collectors, and my first memories are really all about collecting. I remember visiting flea markets with my mother or my grandmother - she goes to local ones around Varese, Italy, every Sunday when she's at home.

  

  Margherita Missoni
  • Family
  • Home
  • She

• Obama is as likely to be impeached as he is to be installed as the next pontiff. And I say that as someone who has testified in Congress that this president has violated federal laws, unconstitutionally appointed various executive-branch officers and improperly transferred money.

  

  Jonathan Turley
  • Money

• If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

  

  George Brett
  • Sister
  • Grandmother