Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.
F. Murray Abraham
I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.
Rafael dos Anjos
The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
Fabrizio Moreira
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
Gabriel Marcel
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Orson Welles
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
C. S. Lewis
The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.
Salmon P. Chase
No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
Orison Swett Marden
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
Karen Armstrong
As a Christian, I view relationships and marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Karen Handel
Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
Daniel Boone
The toxic effect of carbon monoxide on man has nothing to do with inhibition of cellular respiration by carbon monoxide but is based on the reaction of carbon monoxide with blood iron.
Otto Heinrich Warburg
Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I refuse to carry them because they're immensely hackable.
Dan Aykroyd
The business of America is business.
Calvin Coolidge
I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.
Omar Epps
I grew up thinking that renting is perfectly normal. And then, strangely enough, I never did buy a house. I live in New York City, and I'm still renting. My own personal narrative shows that it is possible to live a respectable life without ever having owned a home.
Edmund Phelps
Messi is a natural born talent, that is not to say he doesn’t work hard, but you can’t teach what he can do.
Deco
You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
