Most Quotes

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and the Horn of Africa.

I always think, look at how people were before they were pregnant. If you were a toned, healthy, energetic person, most likely you will be like that again.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a novel - one that reads like a mystery to most people. They're not going to learn slash q-z any more than they're going to learn Morse code. That is what Macintosh is all about.

Laughter is America's most important export.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.

The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

We are the nation the most powerful, the most armed and we are supplying arms and money to the rest of the world where we are not ourselves fighting. We are eating while there is famine in the world.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.