Mark Quotes

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal.

There's a bit of debate about that; some say it was really Matthew, but the popular consensus is that Mark was the first one, so that's why I did that one first. And I was planning on doing all four.

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever.

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.

I think Gadhafi is on the mark. And up until this point in time, I think they truly want to turn this around and become a positive player with the West after years and years of terrorism and stagnation.

Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

Mark Twain cannot be defined.

I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.

I've noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.

I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.

There's only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.

I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.