My businesses are usually built around challenging conventional wisdom, so I tend to gain by taking the other side. It's been very… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
I suffer the anthropological malady diagnosed by Le vi- Strauss inTristes tropiques: I find it much more difficult to suspend value judgments… — Pierre L. van den Berghe Copy Share Image
I will promote savings and investment by maintaining the 15% rate on capital gains and dividends. I will eliminate the tax entirely… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting. — Emile Hirsch Copy Share Image
For of course one is never safe when in love. Growth is demanding and may seem dangerous, for there is loss as… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
When one has the right swing and enthusiasm, selling is not unlike hunting, a veritable sport. To scare up the game by… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about.… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Business, endorsements and things of that nature, I got into it kinda naturally. Those ventures materialised as a direct result of things… — Nas Copy Share Image
By disciplining and training the mind to focus on one thing, we gain control of perception; we learn to grab it and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed. Then we had the right to speak… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Very great charm of shadow and light is to be found in the faces of those who sit in the doors of… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Being more mature now, I've managed to make peace with my past, as it's making peace with me. Certainly there's a mutual… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is… — Douglas Fairbanks Copy Share Image
Nobody cares that Mitt Romney is rich. It's Romney's inability to understand the institutional advantage that he gains from the government’s tax… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask! — W. Clement Stone Copy Share Image
Testimony is a result of choice, not circumstance. In all seasons of my life, testimony has been a conscious choice - and… — Elaine L. Jack Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation. — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
If you destroy the credibility of those people or institutions that could undermine your own, you create an opportunity for your voice,… — John Yarmuth Copy Share Image
I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
