Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
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You all know my commitment to the National Health Service. While I am Secretary of State, the NHS will never be fragmented,… — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Rothra's excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas Copy Share Image
Every woman who vacates a place in the teachers' ranks and enters an unusual line of work, does two excellent things: she… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
I'm sure that Zhang Lanxin could be an outstanding action movie actress. For one thing, she wouldn't require a stand-in. As for… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
Some sleep too much…Nowhere do the scriptures say, 'Thou shalt sleep eight hours.' Nor do they say, 'Retire early unless you happen… — Joe J. Christensen Copy Share Image
Today is one of those excellent January partly cloudies in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Nature never makes excellent things, for mean or no uses: and it is hardly to be conceived, that our infinitely wise Creator,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
[from the television show,"Evade the Question Time"]At the end of the first round, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
That's the real excellent scary part, that feeling, and that feeling won't come if the lady from next door is there and… — Mark Richard Copy Share Image
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...if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
All pantheism must ultimately be shipwrecked on the inescapable demands of ethics, and then on the evil and suffering of the world.… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Iran's experience shows that when religious scholars and UNFPA work together to solve reproductive health issues, there can be excellent results. — Hossein Malek-Afzali Copy Share Image
I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found in congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others. — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
Every search has its own momentum. It is why a search makes such an excellent plot for a film or story. — Nan Fairbrother Copy Share Image
Walking around nude in front of humans was not a good way to keep a low profile with the community. It was… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
There is a vast difference between an Apostolic life and the solitude of the Carthusians. The latter is truly very holy but… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
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Developing excellent COMMUNICATION skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit… — Gil Amelio Copy Share Image
It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't… — Tila Tequila Copy Share Image
Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I say seduce her, seduce her tonight. Break the door down if you have to. Tell her all those things you said… — Victoria Alexander Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Let me here call attention to one of the most universally popular mistakes that have to do with photography - that of… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
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