Kettmann Quotes & Sayings

We must define flattery and praise; they are distinct. Trajan was encouraged to virtue by the panegyric Pliny; Tiberius became obstinate in vice from the flattery of his senators. — Louis XVI Of France

Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital. — Tom Kite

I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that ... So I love very curvy girls. — Carine Roitfeld

They want you to bring out your intestines. — Marlene Dietrich

Everything in life is choice. — J. Andrew Herbert

Slow eyes and parted lips gave her the appearance of a woman who did not know where she was or where she was going. — James Joyce

Test knowledge through experience, be prepared to make mistakes, and be persistent about it. — Leonardo Da Vinci

The Christian is more than an empty vessel. He has ... Someone within. We have a treasure in the earthen vessel, and not only a treasure - a transcendent power! That is humanity as God intended it to be. The vessel is not much in itself, but it holds an inestimable treasure, beyond price, and a transcendent power, greater than any other power known to men. — Ray Stedman

Israel ... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world — Martin Luther King Jr.

Not long ago someone said I should shorten it to just Emma. But I really, really love my name. From as far as I can remember, my parents have taught me to be really proud of my name. — Emayatzy Corinealdi

Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another. — William Hazlitt

For a writer, readers are the best collaborators. — Mark Rubinstein

That won't give me my lipstick back, you little brat!" "I couldn't help myself!" she pleads. And I unconsciously nod. That's it, kid - go with insanity. It's all you've got left. — Emma Chase

The future is fiction. It will come, of course, we hear about it all the time, but the old wisdom knows that only what is, and what was, exists. The rest does not, because no one ever saw it or touched it. — Andrzej Stasiuk

What determines success in industrial policy is not the ability to pick winners but the capacity to let the losers go. — Dani Rodrik