A. A. Milne Quotes
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
Quotes to Explore
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I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.
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The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.
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If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I try not to get involved in the business of prediction. It's a quick way to look like an idiot.
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Out of the 72 kids that I went to high school with, I still talk to 25 of them on a fairly regular basis. Seven of my classmates live in L.A., and five of them are in the entertainment business, and we constantly talk and play fantasy football together.
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.
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Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.
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Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.
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The other day I was thinking - because I get a lot of headaches - I was wondering whether the head should be where it is. Because, at the end of the day, it's probably the heaviest part of your body, right? And yet it's at the top as opposed to, I don't, dangling at the bottom somewhere.
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Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city.
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Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well.
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A textual critic engaged upon his business is not at all like Newton investigating the motions of the planets: he is much more like a dog hunting for fleas. If a dog hunted for fleas on mathematical principles, basing his researches on statistics of area and population, he would never catch a flea except by accident.
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Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child
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I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.
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I'm like a famous person to some people, not to everybody. I want to be big.
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I want to see somebody go to jail over the financial crisis and not just black, brown and poor whites over humbles and minor drug beefs.
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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
