Perfection in wisdom, as well as in integrity, is neither required nor expected in these agents (public servants). It belongs not to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I approached the idea of college with the expectation of taking part in an intellectual feast. ... In college, in some way… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The expedition of Messrs. Lewis & Clarke for exploring the river Missouri, & the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I always expected to be working construction with my family, so every day I get to travel the world and have fun… — Travis Pastrana Copy Share Image
See, that was the problem in relationships when emotion began muddying the waters. It was as if (Lexie) expected him to do… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
Let's not forget, it was the government, Department of Finance and Central Bank that decided to unfairly land the taxpayers of this… — Sean Quinn Copy Share Image
One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field… — Elmer Davis Copy Share Image
I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with; as if, observes our author himself, any originality but our… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
We shall do better to abandon the whole attempt to learn the truthunless we can trust to the human mind's having such… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
I think also, that general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from exhortations… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Self-deceit—It’s in the “Nine Satanic Statements” but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
It's such a pleasant experience [being a part of the DC Universe], though very nerve-wracking to come on to someone else's set,… — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
After that [father's death] I never cried with any real conviction, nor expected much of anyone's God except indifference, nor loved deeply… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
My stories seem to always in some way explore mistakes and misapprehensions and the possibility of redemption - though that redemption doesn't… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“This isn't what I expected when I found out you were sleeping in the house." "What did you expect?" "I expected you'd… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
It was reported today that Michelle Obama wants her mother to move into the White House with them. Yes. This is expected… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
You love writing; I hate it; and if I had a lover who expected a note from me every morning, I should… — Madame de La Fayette Copy Share Image
She wondered then if she had ever been on the right track. She had been reticent all her life, because it turned… — Nuruddin Farah Copy Share Image
I can't recall a story that played out exactly as I'd expected it to. That's one of the thrills of journalism -… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe. Where does the times go?' Betty sighs. 'I've always hated that phrase. It makes it would like time… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Any fool can try to defend his mistakes - and most fools do - but it gives one a feeling of nobility… — Lawrence G. Lovasik Copy Share Image
Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he hadnt expected it to taste so awful; the second,… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The old age of women is bearable only on condition that they do not take up any room, do not make any… — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
The human spirit can be indomitable and it is this rare quality that is not at all to be expected that makes… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it… — Scott Patterson Copy Share Image
On snowboarding as an Olympic sport: Since I was 6 years old I've been in the mix and watching this grow and… — Shaun White Copy Share Image
In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near,… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
You can't succeed by being good. That's what you get paid for. You can't succeed by being excellent. That's what you're expected… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Everything in nature has its own intrinsic charm, as the work of its Creator's hand; but the chief beauty of the whole… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
I've had far more success than I ever expected. But I do think that a lot of successful artists have an aim… — Jim Shaw Copy Share Image
Markets are efficient, but there are different dimensions of risk and those lead to different dimensions of expected returns. That's what people… — Eugene Fama Copy Share Image
Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do… — Abraham Myerson Copy Share Image