Easy money, sudden fortunes, increasingly powerful political machines and blatant corruption transformed much of the nation; and the Senate, as befits a… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality… — Michelle Ryan Copy Share Image
“I wish to make my fortune with you.’ ‘Well, you can forget about that, for a start,’ said Francis Crawford. ‘And if… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. They think it comes from doing something on a big… — Orison S. Marden Copy Share Image
“She believes in the words of her fortune teller, but really, anyone could have told her that if you have to stop… — Helen Humphreys Copy Share Image
Commerce however we may please ourselves with the contrary opinion, is one of the daughters of fortune, inconstant and deceitful as her… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, that our freewill may not be altogether extinguished, I think it may be true that fortune is the ruler of half… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Some people are just really goofy kind of guitar acts, and they go out and do these colleges and start making a… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals… — Bryan Robson Copy Share Image
He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had the good fortune of living in Rome for seven years, from 1994 to 2001. So, I kind of saw firsthand… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
the lady is almost the only picturesque survival in a social order which tends less and less to tolerate the exceptional. ...… — Emily James Smith Putnam Copy Share Image
Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
I was born on the 24th of September 1755 in the county of Fauquier, at that time one of the frontier counties… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
A year of ending and beginning, a year of loss and finding... and all of you were with me through the storm.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life, for the most part, inevitably becomes routine, the random confluence of timing and fortune that configures its components all but forgotten.… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
A church is not a Fortune 500 company. It's not simply another nonprofit organization, nor is it a social club. In fact,… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
The 'Daughter of the Regiment' that I did in Boston was vintage Sarah Caldwell, which is to say it was brilliant. Before… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
This book [ "Win"] is based on the interviews with three dozen Fortune 400 - or Forbes 400, the richest people, and… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in "speaking their minds." A man of this make will say a… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
“That’s nonsense,” said Jackaby. “Fortune favors the prepared. Unless you’re talking about the Fates, in which case fortune generally favors Zeus. Were… — William Ritter Copy Share Image
[With] closet indexing…you're paying a manager a fortune and he has 85% of his assets invested parallel to the indexes. If you… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some… — Guy Johnson Copy Share Image
America spends a fortune on drugs: more per person than any other nation on earth, even though Americans are no healthier than… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
I have such amazing memories [about The Hotel New Hampshire movie], because Tony Richardson was such an amazing director, and the subject… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured… — Ronald Steel Copy Share Image
According to bourgeois standards, those who are completely unlucky and unsuccessful are automatically barred from competition, which is the life of society.… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk ‘his life, his fortune… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
There is always someone better than you. Whatever it is that you do for a living, chances are, you will run into… — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
I do not know that ever I desired anything earnestly in my life but 'twas denied me, and I am many times… — Dorothy Osborne Copy Share Image
Look at the studio filled with glamorous merchandise. Fabulous and exciting bonus prizes. Thousands of dollars in cash. Over $150,000 just waiting… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
As if our happiness, our good fortune, might rub off, contestants ask us for a light: they brush up against us in… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
I had great parents, and they trained me well and instilled great values in me. They also taught me common sense about… — Ken Osmond Copy Share Image
We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Many a man has a kind of a kaleidoscope, where the bits of broken glass are his own merits and fortunes; and… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
It's not the moment yet for me to enjoy my time as an actor, and as the time goes by, I feel… — Park Bo-gum Copy Share Image