Top 1200 Extraordinary People Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Anais Nin shows an occasional grace in writing, but her work is quite foreign to me, precisely because she wants so much to be feminine and not feminist. And then she is so gaga before so many men. She talks about men I know in France, men who were less than nothing, and she considers them kings, extraordinary people.

The key to building wealth is to preserve capital and wait patiently for the right opportunity to make the extraordinary gains.

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

Whenever teenage girls and corporate CEOs covet the same new technology, something extraordinary is happening.

I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life.

I've learned that nobody is either all good or all evil. We all make mistakes, but we all are also capable of accomplishing extraordinary things.

At the end of the day, 'Shuffle Along' is about people coming together and making something extraordinary - and history not necessarily being kind to them. It's about the love of necessarily being kind to them. It's about the love of doing, regardless of the consequences.

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

How do you find a way to say what an extraordinary experience it is to be alive in this world? That is the kind of subject matter I try to work with.

Shelley was an idol of mine -- and many -- an extraordinary woman with powerful charisma, enormous talent and a keen, perceptive mind.

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day.

I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.

As for the extraordinary operations of the Holy Ghost, such as working of miracles, or speaking with divers kinds of tongues, they are long since ceased.

I'm very proud of the fact that we captured the perpetrator of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. I think we did extraordinary work.

The weave of the personal and the political finally proves as irresistible as it is moving, partly because it has been drawn from extraordinary life.

I would like to point to the extraordinary lengths the mainstream media will go to maintain a sensationalist story.

Whether it's Dorothy Parker or Oscar Wilde, they're brilliant with genius bon mots. Of course, I find them extraordinary.

A Canadian on the ground in different parts of the world, whether they're a diplomat, an aid worker, or a soldier, has an extraordinary, powerful impact.

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

I'm incredibly excited to be joining the 'Doctor Who' family. It's such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn't be prouder to call the TARDIS my home.

Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders; we see that the miraculous is not extraordinary, but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread.

Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.

He exhibits the most extraordinary capacity for middle age that I've ever encountered in a young man of twenty-four.

The young accept the extraordinary as normal because they do not compare their lives with those of others when everyone is like them.

An extraordinary set of reminiscences, beautifully put together by an extremely sensitive, even gifted interviewer. It is a jewel.

The world has lost a truly great soul today. Stephen Covey was a man whose 'work was love made visible.' He touched millions of people by the strength of his integrity and the depth of his caring. He was a personal friend, an extraordinary father, and a model for what human beings are truly capable of. Please join us in sending love and prayers to his family.

Leadership is the art of creating a working climate that inspires others to achieve extraordinary goals and levels of performance.

How important is excitement to happiness? The key is to get excited about the mundane-- not just extraordinary things

I've always believed that the most extraordinary results occur only when one feels unbound by any notion of constraint or limitation.

Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it's a powerful, creative and constructive force.

I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.

If 'Pygmalion' is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether extraordinary.

I think that the work that Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did was truly extraordinary, and that's their legacy. Not the other petty stuff.

Andre Agassi is one of the world's most popular and admired figures. He has lived an extraordinary life, and he has a great story to tell.

I have to tell you, virtually every country I've gone to, the Catholic church is on the cutting edge of social change. Really extraordinary.

I adore being hitched. It's so extraordinary to discover one unique individual you need to irritate for whatever remains of your life.

Tevez is an extraordinary striker. Not only does he score goals, but he also helps his teammates and the midfield, too.

It's perfectly understandable and proper for one to be anti-Semite, but to exterminate women and children is so extraordinary, it's hard to believe. No defendant here wanted that.

The entire annals of Observation probably do not elsewhere exhibit so extraordinary a verification of any theoretical conjecture adventured on by the human spirit!

I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in water, etc.

When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines, or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary ideas.

You can't stand at the Bellagio and watch these seven story fountains and not go, 'That's something of extraordinary man-made beauty.'

The famous balance of nature is the most extraordinary of all cybernetic systems. Left to itself, it is always self-regulated.

I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. What I do, in my opinion, is by no means extraordinary.

I have very strongly this feeling that our everyday life is at one and the same time banal, overfamiliar, platitudinous and yet mysterious and extraordinary.

I am essentially optimistic. Being alive is incredible. Life is extraordinary and beautiful. It can be hard and sad and terrifying, but it's all we've got.

Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

I may not be the lithest, the most talented, or have the fastest time in the field, but I have passion and courage, and sometimes that is enough to do something extraordinary.

Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I thought his performance in 'Greenberg' was extraordinary.

Opera requires an enormous commitment. You must devote your whole life to producing that extraordinary sound.

What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that.

Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of.

In addition to being an extraordinary actor, Bryan Cranston is a really generous guy and also very funny.

I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.

I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.

My father when I was a kid was so deeply involved with Native Americans, he used to bring home these extraordinary headdresses and pipes.

Jack White is an extraordinary person because he's like a three-dimensional chess player. He thinks so far ahead.