Buying a company that is number one in its business is hard to do. When something is for sale, it's often not… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
War reporters are often seen as a wild bunch of thrill-seekers who wade into danger zones simply for the sake of the… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
It often looks like an actor's had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality, they've been working their way up,… — Ashley Madekwe Copy Share Image
Many people first encounter Jesus during childhood when they are suddenly confronted by a horrifying statue of a man nailed to a… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
In politics and in society, we can use our reason to rise above our parochial natures. Too bad that our elected officials… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
What I dislike about movie culture is that it often presents a parable of our problems - but the issues are all… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Regret is a bitter emotion, so painful that the urge to avoid it often drives decision-making strategies. — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything… — Madhuri Dixit Copy Share Image
If you want people to know how much you care, show them how much you remember. Learn their names and use them… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
I know a lot of law officers, and every single one of them faces a moment - usually after about three hours… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
'In many ways, I was born a hundred years too late. I often feel out of kilter with the modern world. — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant - ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
Critics can say what they like about the films, but very often, there's a certain expectation of documentaries that they're supposed to… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write… — George Woodcock Copy Share Image
People into hard sciences, neurophysiology, often ignore a core philosophical question: 'What is the relationship between our unique, inner experience of conscious… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should. — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
Newspapers and magazines have been valuable to us precisely because they apply filters to information, otherwise known as editing, and often the… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
When I was living in China, I learned to make things hyper-explicit because often they were being read by people whose command… — James Fallows Copy Share Image