Mark Quotes

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

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

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

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

There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be.

Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.

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

Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it!

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Like Americans, people outside America want fun, want an emotional compensation for the utilitarianism and calculation that mark the rest of their lives.

Don't try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on 'Food Network.'

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.

Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

I fell from the sky. I'm a parachutist, and I missed my mark.

Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.

Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.