Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Keyboardists whose chief asset is mere technique . . . more often than not astound us with their prowess without ever touching… — Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Copy Share Image
How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and… — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength… — Jack London Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
Orphei Drängar possesses a combination of power, energy, and culture. Joy of discovery combined with professional technical and musical prowess. — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Bonobos don't really have that darker side. So that's where they could really help us is how could it be that a… — Claudine Andre Copy Share Image
All the black leather she needs is the E-Z boy recliner where her love is parked with one of his hands wrapped… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
One of the wonderful things about Batman is that he is just a man. He doesn't have superpowers or extraordinary powers other… — Tracy Hickman Copy Share Image
O son, thou hast not true humility, The highest virtue, mother of them all; But her thou hast not know; for what… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion… — Upton Sinclair Copy Share Image
In the schools of small Midwestern towns, the only aristocracies are of beauty, intelligence, and athletic prowess. — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“The older you get the more you realize that just because someone has an important job doesn't necessarily mean that they do… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
There is confidence convergence when mental prowess and business aptitude mesh. — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
Marc’s hand tightened visibly around Kevin’s fingers, his digits going white. Again. Both men clenched their jaws, Kevin in pain, and Marc… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. — Kathryn Bigelow Copy Share Image
Cake baking has to be, however innocently, one of the great culinary scams: it implies effort, it implies domestic prowess; but believe… — Nigella Lawson Copy Share Image
Intellectual prowess has its limitations. Thus, do not limit the scope of your learning to the realm of the intellect. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur. — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
I pray God that we shall never use our physical prowess to oppress the human race, but we will use our strength,… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image