Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Viscott

Once a person says, "This is who I really am, what I am all about, what I was really meant to do," it is easier to decide how to spend one's time.

David House

People overestimate what they can accomplish in the near term and underestimate what they can accomplish in the long term.

David Hilbert

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments.

David Hilbert

Before beginning [to try to prove Fermat's Last Theorem] I should have to put in three years of intensive study, and I haven't that much time to squander on a probable failure.

David Hume

Time is a perishable commodity.

David Brainerd

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.

David Brainerd

Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.

Beatrice Wood

The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.

Arthur Rimbaud

Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.

Clayton Wilcox

We did not make the kind of leapfrog improvement we need to. While I wasn't ecstatic, I'm pleased with the trend lines.

Jared Diamond

All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using their product.

Dale Short

We've seen a big improvement at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, and we've seen a big improvement at No. 4, 5, 6 singles.

Philip Greenfield

We're looking to realize savings and improvement from this innovation in three areas.

Carla Peterson

Six points is a lot to jump in one meet to the next. We are back on track to where we want to be. We are ready to see more improvement with each meet.

Patty Vavra

She had a monster throw. It was remarkable improvement in a year's time or less.

David Williams

We knew this was not an overnight fix. That's not realistic. We're not at all panicky. I have seen improvement.

Michael Dell

We are seeing a substantial improvement in the availability of flat-panel screens (from) two months ago,

Kevin Toney

The reason for his improvement was the work he put in in the weight room during the off-season.

Johnny Depp

You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever.

Paulo Coelho

Be careful! Never show your superiors that you are superior to them.

Candace Bushnell

It's hard to be careful, though, when you feel indestructible.

Mike Love

You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

Garth Nix

Be careful..you're all I've got left, to remind me who I really am.

Lois McMaster Bujold

You have to be careful who you let define your good.

Richard Baxter

Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.

Stanley Kunitz

You must be careful not to deprive the poem of its wild origin.

Vernon Jordan

You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.