Thing Well Quotes

41 quotes by 38 authors

They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion. — Ginger Baker
The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart… — John Bunyan
They used to give us a day-it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the Year of the Woman. Then… — Bella Abzug
A thing well done is worth doing. — Hugh Leonard
To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything which one attempts… — William Matthews
A thing well said will be wit in all languages. — John Dryden
Say a thing well and it will be remembered-and so too will you. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. — Sophocles
In an age of specialization people are proud to be able to do one thing well, but if that is all they know about, they… — Dennis Flanagan
Doing the right thing is important, which is where strategy comes in. But doing that thing wellâ€”executionâ€”is what sets companies apart. After all, every football… — Jeffrey Pfeffer
To know only one thing well is to have a barbaric mind: civilization implies the graceful relation of all varieties of experience to a central… — Robert Graves
Itâ€™s better to do one thing well than ten things poorly. — Heather Hart
If one cannot imagine Obama saying such a thing -Â€Â” well, he didn't. — Byron York
Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself — Henry Ford
Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people - which is what… — C.S. Lewis
Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well at the same… — Julian Barnes
There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well… — W. E. B. Du Bois
It reflects no great honour on a painter to be able to execute one thing well. — Leonardo da Vinci

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