Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes

The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by awards, and not by greatness and nobility of soul, although deserved, yet are not real, and cannot be depended upon in time of adversity.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

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To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.

Patricia Reilly Giff
Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.

Wallace Shawn
- Time
- Job
- Career
My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
Gail Devers
- Live
- Want
- I Can
Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.

Wayne Rooney
- Time
- Perfect
- Best
While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation.

Warren Farrell
- World
- Good
- Real
No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.

Garth Brooks
- Life
- Time
- Music