Show me a country where the bombs had to fallShow me the ruins of buildings so tallAnd I'll show you a young… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know… — Pindar Copy Share Image
What real good does an addition to a fortune already sufficient procure? Not any. Could the great man, by having his fortune… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle facing girls is education, education, education. There are too many kids who think high school is a pit stop… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he… — Robert Dodsley Copy Share Image
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
To any young person starting out on life and looking to make a quick fortune, I have this advice: forget banking, but… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
Most managers are just trying to survive. That's why a lot of smarter guys have been let go from Fortune 500 companies:… — Walter O'Brien Copy Share Image
The riches of scholarship, the benignities of literature, defy fortune and outlive calamity. They are beyond the reach of thief or moth… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
When you draw from the endless awareness of nirvana, you are no longer a slave to fortune. When pleasant experiences come your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will… — Jacques-Louis David Copy Share Image
My family and I have been blessed with good fortune in the world of business. We've created quite a net worth. My… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at… — Rebecca Ferguson Copy Share Image
More than 100 million women have worn my clothing and accessories,, and that's so fulfilling. My skincare line proves you don't have… — Jaclyn Smith Copy Share Image
We believe in the rights of every individual to seek his fortune, in respect for others and in tolerance. Let us reply… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
In 1993, 89 of the 'Fortune' top 100 companies were administering the Myers-Briggs test to their employees. The philosophy behind personality tests… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one onlystumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I started at Howard in the drama department. At the same time, I was a fledgling member of the Black Repertory Company… — Lynn Whitfield Copy Share Image
“There isn’t any way to be. I will meet you where you’ve gone. The cards are blank; the cards are empty there.… — Alice Notley Copy Share Image
Each quarter, Indian IT firms publish their results, and these are broadcast on CNBC. From the comfort of their boardrooms, executives say… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
“Fortune and fame," she said, "always on the horizon. And always some pitfall between you and it." "An excellent summation," I said,… — Felix Gilman Copy Share Image
PAIN, n. An uncomfortable frame of mind that may have a physical basis in something that is being done to the body,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To… — George Chapman Copy Share Image
The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied. Are they not then in strictest… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
And what are you doing on it, I would like to know? Running away from home, yesno? If you were a boy… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Don't spend all of your money a quarter at a time. Save up and buy something special, something fine, something of lasting… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
What is the end of human life? It is not, believe me, the chief end of man that he should make a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at… — Jane Kenyon Copy Share Image
Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I've often had the fortune to work on projects with a small theme I find very interesting enough to pursue and to… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get… — Tony Curran Copy Share Image
At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third… — Amar Bose Copy Share Image
I had the good fortune to begin my legal career as a law clerk for a judge who really epitomized open-mindedness and… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy to launch… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, it’s the scary things in life that are the most worthwhile.” I told him. I’m pretty sure I’d read that in… — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image