Outstanding Quotes

309 Outstanding quotes by 266 unique authors

Why obliterate the exceptional merely in order to make the outstanding look finer than it was? — Salman Rushdie
Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding. — Bill Bryson
You so need to lighten up about that potato-launcher incident," Butch said. Phury rolled his eyes and eased back in the banquette. "You broke my… — J R Ward
An Active mind didn't need distraction in its physical environment. It needed a collection of outstanding books and a good lamp. Maybe some cheese and… — J R Ward
To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He gave her his phone number, in a peculiar reversal of dating procedure. She might have considered kissing him, even after the horrible first date,… — Steve Martin
I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of… — Hermann Hesse
There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing… — David Foster Wallace
I wonder...would you rather have 100 from an average person or 10 from someone who is outstanding — Kanye West
Alone also means available for someone outstanding. — Greg Behrendt
Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish,… — Lee Child
If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous… — David Levithan
My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people. — Albert Camus
Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until… — Napoleon Hill
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom.… — Rollo May
The effective executive knows that it is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole… — Peter Drucker
We must have research for peace ... It would embrace the outstanding problems of morality. The time has come for man's intellect, his scientific method,… — Linus Pauling
A first-rate laboratory is one in which mediocre scientists can produce outstanding work. — Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett
When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever. — Warren Buffett
His vision was just outstanding. If you think of him in the same way as Pele then you would come close. — Leonard Cohen
Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China's 600 million people is that they are "poor and blank". This may seem a bad… — Mao Zedong
Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts. — Paul Johnson
Le Corbusier is an outstanding writer. His ideas achieved their impact in large measure because he could write so convincingly. His style is utterly clear,… — Alain de Botton
Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa. — Liya Kebede
I always felt that I would become somebody outstanding, whether it was in singing, instrumental playing, orchestra conducting, or anything involving feeling. — Rudy Vallee

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