People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women. When people say, 'Oh, she plays like… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
“For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Some comedians change their style, often to their advantage; but I see no reason why I can't continue with the "urbane sophisticate"… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
Service that is given with little or no thought of personal advantage is an ideal to pursue for a lifetime. — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
He had learned well the law of club and fang, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a foe… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Beautiful fans of Oklahoma City, I can’t say enough about you guys. All the support you give our team. The home-court advantage… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
To value investors the concept of indexing is at best silly and at worst quite hazardous. Warren Buffett has observed that "in… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
People alway ask me what advantages fame has started to bring; there are always plenty of free drinks, but other times people… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
For the wise man delights in establishing his merit, the brave man likes to show his courage in action, the covetous man… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Making the landlord and the tenant the same person has certain advantages, as that the tenant pays no rent, while the landlord… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
To me, the advantage of the recorder is that it is so natural. I love the fact that it is just a… — Michala Petri Copy Share Image
Science is much closer to myth than a scientific philosophy is prepared to admit. It is one of the many forms of… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
People have little idea, by and large, of the investment world. They are convinced they have an advantage. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
My career has sort of been characterized by taking advantage of the changes in the marketplace, sometimes by design, sometimes by accident. — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
“The world is changing rapidly, and everyone changes along with the world. Discoveries is now becoming rampant; intellectually, technologically,etc, each having its… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
One of the few advantages to not being beautiful is that one usually gets better-looking as one gets older. I am, in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was a pretty normal high school kid. I just loved to play sports and had opportunities, and the Lord blessed me… — Matt Holliday Copy Share Image
It's an advantage for both parties to have the other. It also creates good stability of earnings. Our business mix means we… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
A woman with an education may be able to spend more time sitting in a chair instead of lying on her back.… — Anne Bishop Copy Share Image
Historically, the United States has had a wonderful energy policy. We're blessed with a diversity of resources. We have oil. We have… — John S. Watson Copy Share Image
War is the only game in which it doesn't pay to have the home-court advantage. — Dick Motta Copy Share Image
