- Commune
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Quotes
The extremes people notice most.
This page collects quotes built around superlatives — including a direct critique of George W. Bush's domestic policy priorities, alongside genre-film commentary on luck and poor decision-making. For a look at priority and value elsewhere, see Important quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made $50 million over the years as a movie star, if you'll pardon the expression, and I've given most of it to the bookies.
- Nov 07, 2020
Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.
- Mental
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
- Nov 07, 2020
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
- Lesson
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most valuable lesson I learned in dealing with the ups and downs was to invest in my employees - to do all I could for them when the times were good.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020