Quality Quotes · Page 55

Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.

— Baltasar Gracian

At American weddings, the quality of the food is in inverse proportion to the social position of the bride and groom.

— Calvin Trillin

Success surely comes with conscience in the long run, other things being equal. Capacity and fidelity are commercially profitable qualities.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.

— Charles Darwin

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

— Wade Davis

The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness.…

— Ginger Rogers

The caviar was very high quality. I made an acting decision on the spot that Ismay was a big eater.

— Jonathan Hyde

Christmas is fun anyway. It's a myth organized over the years and gained different mythological qualities as the years go by.

— William Shatner

High-consequence risks have a distinctive quality. The more calamitous the hazards they involve, the less we have any real experience of what…

— Anthony Giddens

My concern today is with the painting of manners of the present. The past is interesting not only by reason of the…

— Charles Baudelaire

Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as "consumers." OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties…

— James Howard Kunstler

People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of…

— Stendhal

What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Where in the world have you seen construction people who do everything on time, with good quality and at minimal prices? Just…

— Vladimir Putin

Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers…

— Ian Smith

The iPhone was the first phone that brought what we used to think of as 'desktop quality' software to a handheld platform:…

— John Gruber

Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.

— Brian Tracy

Wilf is a player because of his speed, because of his quality, because of his technical ability sometimes he will look up…

— Frank de Boer

I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of paternal quality.

— Joel Edgerton

The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's…

— Ian Somerhalder

“The amount of time you invest into your products determines the quality of the products.”

— Sunday Adelaja

A person's safety and quality of life should not be conditioned upon who they love or how they identify.

— Cal Cunningham

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

— Isaac Barrow

We've done both. We can do both. We can raise the quality and still have Walmart prices.

— Mike Duke

I didn't have the chance to play at West Ham, but in football, you always have a chance. When I went to…

— Javier Mascherano

Bieber has taste and pull, which is as important to making quality pop as actual talent.

— Mary H.K. Choi

“It's better to do something with quality, no matter how long it takes you rather than do something mediocre, with constant quantity.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

Leadership is by far the most important quality when it comes to making a show that's going to last and of superb…

— Andre Braugher

The path to solid, supportive, healthy relationships, self-respect, and a quality life starts with the usually painful decision to do the Right…

— Laura Schlessinger

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

— Bill Gates

Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life.

— Anonymous

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is…

— Vivienne Westwood

When you're a player, you want the manager to know your quality and to want you.

— Samir Nasri

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

— Mark McCormack

A good wine has many qualities I think. If drunk moderately, it is healthy and good for your heart.

— Tom Araya

After you make good, quality music, then it's your job to go out there and promote it and to market it and…

— Common

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

— William Glasser

I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same.

— Lisa See

Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.

— George Eliot

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.

— Grace Jones