First Rate Quotes
89 quotes by 75 authors
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A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
— Arnold Bennett
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The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take place there; and…
— William James
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It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science-it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be wrong.
— Martin Rees
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A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it.
— Mignon McLaughlin
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It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits - like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying…
— Malcolm Muggeridge
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Of the second-rate leaders people speak respectfully saying, "He has done this, he has done that." Of the first-rate leaders, they do not say this.…
— Laozi
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My life has had meaning, with the friendships full and valuable and essential to me. My children, Steve, Leslie, and Sam, are all different-all first-rate…
— Lauren Bacall
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Deeply affecting and compulsively readable, The Fifty-First State displays Lisa Borders' emotional acuity, first-rate skills as a storyteller, and profound empathy not only for her…
— Christopher Castellani
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It’s a curious thing. I suppose most people think of artists as impatient but I don’t know of any first-rate artist who hasn’t manifested in…
— Mark Van Doren
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The Window is not without a certain visual spell that makes it a first-rate artistic achievement.
— Andrew Sarris
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I will say that Edward Norton, who plays the scout master, would be a first-rate Eagle Scout. He's got all those techniques. If your plane…
— Wes Anderson
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Gunn would be an important figure-rewarding, delightful, accomplished, enduring-in the history of English-language poetry even were his life not as fascinating as it now seems;…
— Stephen Burt
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Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America. Let's get that straight.…
— Joe Biden
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The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.
— Erwin Rommel
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It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity.
— Peter Drucker
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The one who’s really, really impressed me is Benedikt Höwedes because he’s playing out of position. He’s never played at left back before in his…
— Franz Beckenbauer
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Pay no heed to the average photographer's remarks upon "flat" and "weak" negatives. Probably he is flat, weak, stale, and unprofitable; your negative may be…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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With The Myth of Achievement Tests, James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, and Tim Kautz have offered a wealth of insightful analysis and brought together…
— Eric A. Hanushek
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I set out to become the greatest lover in Vienna, the greatest horseman in Austria, and the greatest economist in the world. Alas, for the…
— Joseph A. Schumpeter
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Documentarian Laura Poitras has crafted a first-rate Hitchcockian-type thriller telling the story of Edward Snowden.
— Leonard Maltin
Who Wrote These First Rate Quotes
75 authors contributed a total of 89 First Rate Quotes, led by these top contributors: