I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And aren't I a woman?
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Alva Edison
Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.
Mark Cuban
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged.
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
Herodotus
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
William Jennings Bryan
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
A mere trifle consoles us for a mere trifle distresses us.
Blaise Pascal
The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone.
Ellie Goulding
I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.
Heston Blumenthal
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
My liege, and madam, to expostulateWhat majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time,Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,I will be brief.
William Shakespeare
The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.
Ben Affleck
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.
Sienna Miller
Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model and it might not be successful.
Steve Jobs
Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.
Dan Farmer
What's different here is that we have now technologies that allow these life science companies to bypass classical breeding. That's what makes it both powerful and exciting.
Jeremy Rifkin
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.
Lawrence Durrell
To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man, because she is an instrument of pleasure.
Victor Hugo
On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years.
Judith Krantz
The best thinking has been done in solitude.
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'
Rand Paul
The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What you are will show in what you do.
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
I don't know what makes a marriage work. My husband and I don't have it right at all it's very tough on him. From the outside it looks like it's all about me - I have a glorious career and he doesn't.
Emily Watson
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
I had such a close relationship with my dog, and my dog so filled the need in my life to have children that I just wanted Cathy to have that experience.
Cathy Guisewite
Strange how short-sighted being invisible can make you.
J.K. Rowling
The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
Laura Bush
There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.
I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time.
Penelope Ann Miller
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
It's better to swim in the sea belowThan to swing in the air and feed the crow,Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
Benjamin Franklin
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