Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.

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• Underwriting is probably the smallest part of our business.

  

  Warren Stephens
  • Business
  • Our
  • Smallest

• Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Work
  • Singing
  • Expression

• We are all born with God-given, unique traits and skills. But, as with all possibilities they will remain unrealized unless they are developed, nurtured, and put into practice. You may have the 'capacity' to love, but if left undeveloped, you will never gain the 'ability.'

  

  Leo Buscaglia
  • God
  • May
  • Practice

• I had the chance to play with Benny 'The King' Carter here in Copenhagen for three days in the Montmartre, and two days in Paris. 'What a Thrill.' He knows so much music, and he is the only person that I get the shakes trying to play my horn behind or with him (smile). However, it was a ball.

  

  Ben Webster
  • Music
  • Trying
  • Play

• People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • People
  • Believe
  • Truth

• I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain, too, and both of us have many friends there.

  

  Asif Ali Zardari
  • Life
  • Great
  • Friends

• Every leader is telling a story... about what he or she values.

  

  Walt Disney
  • She
  • Story
  • Leader

• Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Great
  • Important
  • Action

• For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we don't look for bliss.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Good
  • Beautiful
  • Reason

• They're all big (games) for us. We have 10 home games, three road games and we feel like we have to win really a high majority of those games to finish where we have to finish if we want to go forward to gain momentum for the playoffs.

  

  Phil Jackson
  • Home
  • High
  • Way

• I don't look for people who have achieved great things; I look for people who will achieve great things.

  

  Urijah Christopher Faber
  • People
  • Great
  • Looks

• When we come to poetry, we can't fancy a more poverty stricken predicament.

  

  Xu Zhimo
  • Poetry
  • Poverty
  • Predicament

• When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.

  

  Sigmund Freud
  • Decision
  • Importance
  • Minor

• No one should be forced to delay health care because politicians have the audacity to presume to know what is best for a woman and her family.

  

  Nancy Northup
  • Health
  • Care
  • Knows

• I hope each of us realizes, at least in part, what a rich blessing it is to be at BYU. We are better prepared to receive and achieve the wonderful advantages and opportunities that life has yet to offer us because of what has happened to us here.

  

  Cecil O. Samuelson
  • Opportunity
  • Rich
  • Achieve

• Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.

  

  Vladimir Nabokov
  • Advantage
  • Disadvantages