Top 1200 Extraordinary People Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

I've held a brain in my hands, which is an extraordinary experience.

TNA has been extraordinary to me, nothing but professional.

If Jeff Bezos and I had started Amazon.com in a poverty-stricken corner of Africa, there would have been no job creation because there would be no people to buy the stuff from Amazon.com. The difference here is the American middle class, which is by every measure the most extraordinary economic achievement in the history of the world.

I think what I like to do is to begin with the ordinary and find the extraordinary in it.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

WhatsApp provides phone-number-based messaging, and people asked, 'Isn't that what SMS is?' Yes, but SMS is expensive, antiquated, and what WhatsApp did was modernize and level that playing field. For example, in Europe, if France wants to talk to Belgium, it's extraordinary costly because of border and telecom charges.

As for extraordinary things, all the provision in the world would not suffice.

I knew I was a manic depressive when I was 13 or 14, and I loved it. I always told people what I had, and I was always cresting on a manic wave. I used it, willingly and happily, and it was an extraordinary experience. When I got hit with the depressive side - Boom! - yes, it was horrible and unendurable, but that's part of the story.

Every single ordinary person has an extraordinary story.

I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.

In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.

People do lie to themselves, and they get away with it because every action affirms and reaffirms their perception. That's the power of the human mind. that's the power of thought, which is nothing more- and nothing less- than energy. And when you have a particularly powerful mind, extraordinary things can happen.

The result of being a Kennedy is that I have extraordinary opportunities that I wouldn't otherwise have.

An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.

Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means.

It's extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now.

'MotherFatherSon' was just an extraordinary read and I wanted to be a part of it.

The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.

La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.

Never get so fascinated by the extraordinary that you forget the ordinary.

I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater.

There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.

People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an extraordinary talent and unbelievably hard working; she works harder than anyone I have ever worked with before.

People like Aphex Twin, Jason Pierce, Jarvis Cocker and William Orbit are actively showing their interest in a wider field of music. Jarvis and I met on a benefit for an extraordinary man called LaMonte Young, the father of minimalism, who worked with John Cale and shared a loft with Yoko Ono.

I see the Koran very much as an outsider. It stands in the great prophetic tradition of trying to return people to the basic principles of spirituality. Taken for its time, it was an extraordinarily progressive declaration of principle. It is also extraordinary for a Christian to read: for example, there are more references to Mary than in the Gospels. The tragedy is that it has been so warped and misapplied.

I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being.

Nothing can seem extraordinary until you have discovered what is ordinary.

You can always work harder and we are capable of extraordinary things.

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.

No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit.

You have to believe in the unrealistic to do something extraordinary - to create a miracle.

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

Being an MP for a place you love is an extraordinary gift.

A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity.

Creativity is the ability to look at the ordinary and see the extraordinary.

The extraordinary business does not require good management.

War is the most extraordinary, extreme human experience.

The power of change that mobile technology unleashes is extraordinary.

My kids do very extraordinary things that make sense.

Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.

Bob taught me extraordinary discipline and love.

The extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary.

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

I am humble. It was an honor, and I cried the first time I saw the film His Way. Because to have people of that caliber, like Julia Roberts, take the time to sit down and give a day or two of their lives to a film about me, that they're not getting paid for, is pretty extraordinary.

My whole life, I feel so blessed. I met my wife: I can't get over that I got so lucky. I have two incredible children. I can't believe that I've been so blessed. I've had a career that is way past anything that I've ever dreamed. I get to work in all these different areas with such extraordinary people on every level.

There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.

I'm working with theatre-makers who are the top of their game, and it's extraordinary.

Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely.

Seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.

Everyone's life is extraordinary if you look at it closely enough.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

There is still time - in the lee, in the quiet, in the extraordinary light.

The view from the window, particularly if you enjoy neon, is extraordinary.

There's just something extraordinary about that Selma Hayek.

We have extraordinary women running for us right across Canada, and I look forward to showing that women are needed in positions of power. And I certainly hope that, after people see how effective a cabinet with a gender parity in it is, we're going to draw even more women into politics in subsequent elections.

It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.

I'm looking for a world where love will no longer be extraordinary.

No extraordinary result ever came from mediocre effort.