When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show…

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that…

— Martin Scorsese

At my time of life, one knows that the worst is usually true.

— Agatha Christie

One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.

— Cassandra Clare

If it doesn't make sense, it's usually not true.

— Anonymous

In terms of the black female audience, usually if you're true to that character but more so in your body of work if you've…

— Blair Underwood

My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different…

— Rokia Traore

I think I have good hands, so I try to use them to my advantage.

— Bianca Andreescu

For some reason when I decide to pursue something, I never have any fear that it won't happen. I think it's just ingrained in…

— Kelly Blatz

Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.

— Dana Goodyear

I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's…

— Campbell Scott

All I ever wanted was an unfair advantage

— Garrison Wynn

Talented people can predict with great accuracy what's about to happen just a tiny bit ahead of their competitors. It might be two seconds…

— Kevin Maney

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

Dogmatists have one advantage: they are poor listeners.

— Frans de Waal