Acquire Quote by Laurence Sterne

[On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them?

— Joan Fontaine

Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and…

— Laurence Sterne

To be an atheist you have to have ten thousand times more imagination than if you are a religious fundamentalist. You must take the…

— Peter Greenaway

“...For every ten jokes - thou hast got an hundred enemies...”

— Laurence Sterne

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.

— Laurence Sterne

‎We are already taking care of people from jail. Hundred and ten non-criminal women are already with us in Shantidhan (abode of peace).

— Mother Teresa

I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places…

— Warren Ellis

I was a young-un when I got my first million. Then I realized if I got one, I could get two. If I could…

— Birdman

The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're…

— Joe Bradley

Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when…

— Matthieu Ricard

London was not designed for cars. Come to that, it wasn't designed for people. It just sort of happened. This created problems, and the…

— Terry Pratchett

If there is a problem somewhere, this is what happens. Three people will try to do something concrete to settle the issue. Ten people…

— Elias Chacour