Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived, I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
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Fiona Apple
Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.
Octavia E. Butler
It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of the guns were turned against the people. The justice of our cries went unrecognized.
Oliver Tambo
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If you want extraordinary results you must put in extraordinary effort.
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Better not to exist than live basely.
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I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
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I do a lot of work with policymakers, but how much effect am I having? It’s like they’re coming in and saying to you, ‘I’m going to drive my car off a cliff. Should I or should I not wear a seatbelt?’ And you say, ‘I don’t think you should drive your car off the cliff.’ And they say, ‘No, no, that bit’s already been decided—the question is whether to wear a seatbelt.’ And you say, ‘Well, you might as well wear a seatbelt.’ And then they say, ‘We’ve consulted with policy expert Rory Stewart and he says . . . .’
Rory Stewart
Honesty is not only the best policy, it is rare enough today to make you pleasantly conspicuous.
Charles H. Brower
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
