In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Let us a little permit nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day. — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
When he [the slothful person] is pressed to be diligent, either in his worldly affairs or in the business of religion, this… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
That feelings of love and hate make rational judgments impossible in public affairs, as in private affairs, we can clearly enough see… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“I never meant for you to see that.” “Of course, you wouldn't want me to see that. It's much more difficult to… — Cricket Rohman Copy Share Image
Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Let's always be having an affair. Wherever we meet, however many times a year - let it always be an affair.” — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Except the time a weak spot would appear in this affair. We'd be mending it back together with tender loving care. — Regina Belle Copy Share Image
A proper disposition of time leaves a man at leisure in the very bustle of affairs; without delaying the attention of his… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
To be guilty of the sin of prayerlessness is to be guilty of the worst form of practical atheism. It is actually… — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
One conversation centered on the ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
On any Tuesday morning, if asked, a good working scientist will tell you with some self-satisfaction that the affairs of his field… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Life for young American college graduates is a festive affair. Free of having to support their families, they mostly have gay parties… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I've always said that movies are kind of like love affairs. Two people come together, and if they're at the right place… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
A man's interest in the world is only the overflow from his interest in himself. When you are a child your vessel… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm just delighted to get my hands on him. Paul Nicholls was very good about the whole affair. He said he would… — Ginger McCain Copy Share Image
Obstinacy, sir, is certainly a great vice; and in the changeful state of political affairs it is frequently the cause of great… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
We have feudal governments in a commercial age. It would be but an easy extension of our commercial system, to pay a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Today we must abandon competition and secure cooperation. This must be the central fact in all our considerations of international affairs; otherwise… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation,… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The one word I hear when people have affairs is that they feel alive. They don't talk about the fact they're having… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
There's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. In many ways, I think that, while we've been… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
Vampires Are Us: Understanding Our Love Affair with the Immortal Dark Side,” is now out! Quote: “Vampires let us play with death… — Margot Adler Copy Share Image
When my husband had an affair with someone else I watched his eyes glaze over when we ate dinner together and I… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. — William H. Hastie Copy Share Image
Society would be a charming affair if we were only interested in one another. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
There never was a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous. — Edgar Dale Copy Share Image
Tell me,” Isabelle said.“Who it was. That my father had the affair with. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, this affair afforded great delight to Madame Magloire.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image