Firuse Quotes & Sayings

The ultimate goal of the arriviste's aspirations is not to acquire a thing of value, but to be more highly esteemed than others. He merely uses the "thing" as an indifferent occasion for overcoming the oppressive feeling of inferiority which results from his constant comparisons. — Max Scheler

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships. — Bear Bryant

In darkness there is death. — Bob Mayer

At the stair-foot Hephaistion was waiting. He happened to be there, as he happened to have a ball handy if Alexander wanted a game, or water if he was thirsty; not by calculation, but in a constant awareness by which no smallest trifle was missed. Now, when he came down the stairs with a shut mouth and blue lines under his eyes, Hephaistion received some mute signal he understood, and fell into step beside him. — Mary Renault

We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer treatment and had a big impact on managing heart disease, brain disorders, arthritis and transplantation. — Robert Winston

I was always very creative. I was always into acting and dancing when I was younger. — Marina And The Diamonds

If you finish like a photograph, on the other hand, the picture has as much personality as a photograph. — Emile Gruppe

Ideas are ultimately worthless unless you activate them with focused and consistent action. The best leaders never leave the site of a good idea without doing something - no matter how small - to breathe some life into it. Lots of people have good ideas. But the masters become masters because they had the courage and conviction to act on ideas. — Robin S. Sharma

I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand. — Joanna Southcott

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder. — Bruce Springsteen

Most people keep their brains between their legs — Steven Morrissey

For my money, the movies of the '70s were just amazing. — Amy Heckerling

Regrets grow tiresome — Melvin

To understand is to decipher. To hear significance is to translate. — George Steiner

The search for the lessons of the new science is still in progress, really in its infancy. In this realm, three is a new kind of freedom, where it is more rewarding to explore than to reach conclusions, more satisfying to wonder than to know, and more exciting to search than to stay put. Curiosity, not certainty, becomes the saving grace. — Margaret J. Wheatley