Top 1200 Rare Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 10

Television – a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.

Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.

Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am

He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.

You'll find people where their conditions aren't changing in any way, its rather rare for them to be happy.

Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Seen from a lower point of view, the Constitution, with all its faults, is very good; the law and the courts are very respectable;even this State and this American government are, in many respects, very admirable, and rare things, to be thankful for, such as a great many have described them; but seen from a point of view a little higher, they are what I have described them; seen from a higher still, and the highest, who shall say what they are, or that they are worth looking at or thinking of at all?

Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.

Truly, I connected with all of my cast mates, which is rare but I think that's what made 'Trinkets' so special.

It's very rare that I play cool people. I'm not sure what that says about me.

I do not hesitate to say that the road to eminence and power, from an obscure condition, ought not to be made too easy, nor a thing too much of course. If rare merit be the rarest of all things, it ought to pass through some sort of probation. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. If it be open through virtue, let it be remembered, too, that virtue is never tried but by some difficulty and some struggle.

I want to be one of those rare players who gets to play his whole career in one place.

Fairly OddParents' is one of those rare shows that really resonated with people beyond demographics.

It's very rare that you get a chance to play in a Test and that's what makes it so special and prestigious.

If success is rare and slow, everybody knows how quick and easy ruin is.

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.

I don’t leave her speechless very often. I have to enjoy those rare moments.

The pressures of being an MP mean free time is a very rare luxury.

Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.

I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.

Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare.

I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable.

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

Ochocinco had a rare instinct for making himself an almost daily story.

It's rare to find someone as equally grumpy as myself, but somehow [Aubrey Plaza] does it.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

Steak and sex, my favorite pair. I get them both very rare.

The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.

The rare scholars who are nomads-by-choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the settled disciplines.

How rare to stare into the face of death... Something I never intend to do again.

Always been brutally honest. Some people don't like that because it's rare nowadays.

It's so rare that you actually get to find a really well-written female lead.

Real to Reel is a rare opportunity for new filmmakers to screen their work for industry insiders.

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments.

I think it's very rare that you see girl friendships on television. It's always cattiness and all that drama.

Somehow, the rare trips to Tel Aviv give me the feeling that I have a career.

Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen.

Oddly, for a book to do well merely because people like it is surprisingly rare.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.

I am 5 ft. tall myself, and it is rare that I meet someone new who doesn't comment on my height.

True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake.

Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional.

If the way which I have pointed out as leading to this result (i.e., power over the emotions by which the wise man surpasses the ignorant man) seems exceedingly hard, it may nevertheless be discovered. Needs must it be hard, since it is so seldom found. How would it be possible, if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labour be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

It's very rare that you get to play more than one character in the same world.

Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.

Plenty of entrepreneurs can start a company. What is more rare is to evolve it and to scale with it over time.

I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.

Often I sit in the lawn and have my morning cuppa amidst the twittering of rare birds.

In very rare circumstances, the executive branch might choose to ignore a court decision.

True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.