Makes Quotes

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.

A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.

I'm having a great career, though I think I'm not as good as your little scenario makes me out to be.

I'm drawn to almost any piece of writing with the words 'divine love' and 'impeachment' in the first sentence. But I know the word 'divine' makes many progressive people run screaming for their cute little lives, and so one hesitates to use it.

Technology is like water; it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use - not only text or media but processing power too - will be located remotely.

I think Tahoe is one of the hidden gems in the country, and I've played a lot of golf around the country. You can't beat the smells and the clean air and just the way it makes you feel.

Uncle Junior is a criminal, which makes him a villain, so it makes people want to watch him. My whole life as an actor has been preparing for something like this.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive to the people around me. Knowing Jesus will return soon makes me want all the more to tell people about him and all that he offers.

One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.

Jill and I arrange our lives to spend a lot of time together. That makes us both happy.

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but I don't understand. My friends from The Clash tried to explain it years and years ago, but I didn't understand what they were talking about.

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.

I can't tell you 100 percent what makes a relationship work. But I can see something good coming and I can see something bad coming.

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.

A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it.

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

When an Occupy demo in the centre of Frankfurt makes world news, I shall hurry to join in.

The British keep employing me, and that makes me like them. It also makes me think they're very intelligent.

Music is really something that makes people whole.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.