Best quotes

“When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.” Henry Miller

“Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.” Horace Mann

“A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.” James Madison

“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.” James Madison

“Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.” James Madison

“Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best.” Marilyn Manson

“The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done.” Marilyn Manson

“Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at, you feel like you have to be something new.” Marilyn Manson

“I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.” Michelle Obama

“As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.” Michelle Obama

“Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.” Joel Osteen

“The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.” Joel Osteen

“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.” Ron Paul

“Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.” Chuck Palahniuk

“If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.” Chuck Palahniuk

“Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur.” Chuck Palahniuk

“You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.” Chuck Palahniuk

“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.” Colin Powell

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” Thomas Paine

“Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.” Thomas Paine

“There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.” Pope John Paul II

“Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.” Mitt Romney

“If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.” Mitt Romney

“I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.” Mitt Romney

“Massachusetts children cannot only lead the nation in test scores, they can be competitive with the best in the world. And the gap in achievement among races can virtually disappear.” Mitt Romney

“The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities, large and small.” Mitt Romney

“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.” Ronald Reagan

“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out.” Ronald Reagan

“What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.” Ronald Reagan

“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” Ayn Rand