Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time.
George Bernard Shaw
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A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
George Bernard Shaw
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.
George Bernard Shaw
Thinking evil is making evil.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Every extension of knowledge arises from making the conscious the unconscious.
Friedrich Nietzsche
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
Oscar Wilde
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing, as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
Oscar Wilde
Computers force us into creating with our minds and prevent us from making things with our hands. They dull the skills we use in everyday life.
Clifford Stoll
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
Benjamin Disraeli
The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
Meister Eckhart
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
Saint Teresa Of Avila
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi
Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
Michel de Montaigne
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin Franklin
He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.
Benjamin Franklin
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Booker T. Washington
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.
Leo Tolstoy
Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.
John Ruskin
A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
Samuel Butler
A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.
Lois McMaster Bujold
There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.
Thomas Henry Huxley
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
Jimmy Carter
You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
Albert Camus
He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.
Lord Chesterfield
I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.
Robert Henri
Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.
Pablo Neruda
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.
Woody Allen
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John Wooden
You have to start making those an intrinsic part of what you do. I think the more we do that, the better we're going to be as a team.
Adonal Foyle
After my last solo album in '93, I got heavily into the film-composing thing. I didn't really have much to say... I was going through a divorce at that point, and to be quite honest, I really wasn't in the mood for making a CD then.
Stanley Clarke
My perception is that we're making considerable progress. But not as much progress as we thought that we would make.
Charles E. Grassley
We have a wonderful and hard-working membership devoted to making this place (the Legion Hall) run. They all give 100 per cent. Every one of them is gung-ho for the Legion.
John Bullee
It would be a mixture of old classic style, but instead of congas and chimes you'd have someone making noise on a DJ rig. I have to get used to the idea that I'll actually do it.
Dave Wakeling
I want this to remain fun. That's goal No. 1. No. 2, when this thing is all done and I don't know when it's going to end - no one's making any commitments to Beijing because a lot can happen - I want her to feel more positive about gymnastics than ever before.
Mike Canales
These roadblocks exist in every school in California, and one in every eight has all of these, making it extraordinarily difficult for students to prepare for college.
Jeannie Oakes
I didn't figure there was anything else I could do, ... There's no making up for a lifetime [of information].
Peter Ellis
The fans wanted a home run but I was concentrating on making contact. Anything to bring the run in I was going to do. I was ready since I was on the on-deck circle.
Alex Cabrera
This is an homage to the master, because I love this movie, and, of course, making a movie -- a comedy about concentration camp, I watched this movie a lot of time.
Roberto Benigni
This is the first step in making amends for what has taken place.
Anton Valukas
They're making mistakes they won't be making in another two weeks.
Laurie Pirtle
I don't get the problem here at all. We're not making a profit.
Keith Winkowski
But what happens in the fourth grade you get individual ways you write - you have a unique way of making your A, O or E's.
Anita Seamans
A lot of it was making my family proud and making something of myself.
Christine Cox
As a group they are catching on to things quickly. They're an energetic and athletic group and we're excited about the progress they're making.
Neil Sedgwick
Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
Natalie Clifford Barney
The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.
Hillary Clinton
You have gold making a high, and gold at these levels is kind of a red flag. Maybe there's some money going out of equities.
Jim Fehrenbach
I did well in the corporate world, but I felt I could make more of a difference doing something no one else would try. I did not think I was making an individual and unique contribution.
Jerry Cimino
Teams with playing-making guards give them trouble.
Chris Allen
There is a huge fissure on the ice making it difficult to reach the spot where the bus fell into the water, especially at night.
Bao Shengrong
What we've said in the past is that we look at this as an investment. We didn't have any specific plans for making a bid, but there was just a lot of speculation out there.
Hannes Smarason
I probably wouldn't mind just doing the Harry Potter movies and then making a career of conventions.
Matthew Lewis
We will see about the possibility of making anything happen.
Carli Smith
If you have a 19 percent credit card and you pay it off you make 19 percent on your money. If you have a 25 percent credit card and you pay it off, you're making 25 percent on your money - guaranteed!
Jane Bryant Quinn
All the shots that we've been making all year, they just didn't fall tonight.
Curtis Hunter
It's only the tar sands that prevent the country from making its targets under Kyoto.
Tim Flannery
They didn't hear from the public. I find that to be another one of the leadership problems we have in Deltona. They keep making these mistakes.
Jamie Jessup
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.
Scott Alexander
I want to commend it as an epoch-making move for the BOJ that will bring transparency to its policy.
Kozo Yamamoto
I have to be honest and say it's somewhat disappointing. They have, of course, been preoccupied with the election, but the election is now over, and we'll be making it clear to the Kenyans that we'll be looking for a much more active involvement on their side.
Mike Sackett
He was throwing where he was supposed to be throwing and making his pitches.
Dave Moates
Those who cannot admit making stupid mistakes are destined to repeat them over and over.
Bill Purdin
I'm happy to report that at least the people who work for me are OK with that, ... They see they are making a difference.
William Bender
We've done well for ourselves. Nobody's making a killing off of it. It's a labor of love; every person here does it because they care about it.
Nick Blandford
We?re not making any compromises to go faster. It?s a frame of mind. You can?t think about the clock.
David Morse
We're planning on making that album. But besides that, it's a lot of fun.
Dominic Suchyta
Clearly those teachers had made and were making a difference in those students' attitudes. What could other teachers learn?
Steve Calloway
This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all Americans.
Francine Busby
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
Claude Adrien Helvetius
The company is now making firearms and we know it.
Maina Kamanda
Thank goodness they were missing them. If they were making them, we'd be in a lot of trouble.
Terry Posey
We had to move everything out, ... I have a candle maker now in Alabama. I'm sorry we had to quit making them here, but we're going to be able to concentrate on growing the business.
Virginia Anderson
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Bergen Evans
The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Our defense played well behind him. Heath is more confident once he sees our defense is making plays.
Kevin Maxwell
Consumers have looked at making better choices, and this provides them what they're looking for.
Kelli Freeman
I promise you we will make films that entertain you the moment the lights go down. We're making Disney the one place you have to work (as an animator).
John Lasseter
Thank you for making me nouveau riche.
Jerry Della Femina
We were getting open, and finding the open shot. We were getting good shots. We just weren't making them.
Brian Urig
We're always making fun of him, but the funny thing is there are 24- and 25-year-old guys trying to do what he's doing, and they're coming up short.
Cortez Hankton
David had one of his best games. He started the game making a lot of great plays on both ends of the court. When he's got that kind of energy, commitment and focus, our team's really good.
Dean Ellis
He's as good as anyone -- kid or veteran -- making adjustments. He knows himself and knows the game, so he can self-correct and improve. David's going to play at a high level pretty soon.
Mike Cameron
What we know from the brain research is that kids and alcohol don't mix. It impacts their frontal lobe so decision making judgment and risk taking increases. So it's a double mix of danger.
Diane Riibe
We made chili a lot. We were always making something new. One year I got pots and pans for Christmas and I loved it.
Todd Santanello
We are making a bold run at engaging the tens of millions of young children in India around important educational messages to begin them on a lifelong love of learning.
Gary Knell
It's very clear that these are blockades keeping consumers from making competitive choices to move to another company.
Morgan Jindrich
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
Peter F. Drucker
Remember: lenders are in the money-making business, not in the gift-giving business.
Karen Gross
For most of the materials, there will be a cost to you. This is not a money making project, and I don't think it ever will be.
Ann Pistell
As we age, not only do we lose fat in our faces but our bones actually change in contour, often making us look older than we feel.
David Kahn
There are some mistakes that we're making constantly that we need to improve on. On our feet we're hanging our heads a little bit too much.
Dennis Lyberger
I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.
Shania Twain
We are working with the Honolulu Police Department and the facility of building maintenance. We will look even further at making our building safer.
Bill Brennan
This injury limits her function, making it impossible for her to jump, land and skate effectively and without risk of serious injury.
Jim Moeller
Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen.
Alyce P. Cornyn selby
I'm grateful that the team allowed me back. I'm looking forward to making it up to them.
William Green
We're looking at companies that are close to making a profit. And there are not too many of those.
Jeffrey Silber
They started making a little noise.
Ray Schulte
I have seen an overall attitude change in all of them. Some of them have gone from being really negative and not wanting to do their homework, to coming in and being happy and doing their homework without me making them.
Amy Mcfarland
We just went back to the fundamentals of hitting this year. It's just making contact. We're not trying to hit home runs.
Johnny Smith
If you pay me out of your stock, I know you're committed. Imagine a 23-year-old making that decision. It was not an inconsequential amount of money.
Mort Meyerson
Her sense of humor was remarkable, her comedic timing, her body language, all of it. She had this way of making situations, even if they're bad, really funny.
Sarah Graham
She's not making any requirements.
Cheri Hurwitz
We are making the strategic choice to establish two financially strong and independent companies that will deliver greater value to our shareowners.
Richard Mcginn
You can go on making the dikes higher and higher . . . but if they fail, the effect is going to be much worse.
Jos Kuijpers
That gave me a lot of confidence making the last eight and showed I had some kind of game. It exceeded my expectations....The confidence, it showed in today's game. The potential is there and I can improve every week.
Martina Hingis
Idealist: a cynic in the making.
Irving Layton
I think both contractors are making every effort to comply with what is being asked of them.
Don Madden
But when the market got dicey, we knew investors would need help in making decisions.
John Mckinley
We just tried to stay focused and concentrate on making our free throws. It really boosts your confidence when you see others hit them.
Katie Riddell
ELOQUENCE, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
Ambrose Bierce
These guys never give up and that's what it's all about. We aren't happy with a 14th-place finish-- we want to win races. But we're making improvements and getting better each week. If we continue to do that, things will work out for us.
Doug Randolph
It's strictly for fun. I try to come out with something different than anyone else has done. I'm afraid if I started selling them it wouldn't be fun making them anymore.
Steve Howard
He's an amazing player. He's really making a name for himself.
Randy Shuman
This year we're going to introduce him to more things and, hopefully, he'll be able to pick it up. If he makes a mistake, he's making a mistake going full speed. The coach can live with that.
James Haynes
Founders are not people who walk away, leaving their babies with somebody else. Scott making an announcement like this is one thing and letting Jon run the company is another.
Umesh Ramakrishnan
They (teachers) have to know, making your classroom public, that's not going to be a negative experience.
Keith Morris
Chinatown was probably the most economically devastated area as a result of Sept. 11, ... The concept of making an Empire Zone was to attract jobs.
Sheldon Silver
We had no shot of making that one. It was just out of sequence.
Ryan Longwell
When you've got a situation and the mayor's out of town, you've got to have someone making the decisions.
Thomas Brophy
Very obviously, they've pitched well - not making mistakes, living on the corners.
Garret Anderson
What's happening now across the Cape is that some of the subgroups are not making adequate yearly progress.
Thomas Mcdonald
We've got most of our stuff in now. We've had a little more time to jell. We'll script our first 20 plays. Of course, you have to get a feel for the game, which is why we've rarely gotten through our 20 plays without making changes.
Jeff Carnazzo
This is a serious offense; there are serious consequences and it deserves consideration and we wanted to look at every angle before making a decision.
Jim Oliver
Intel has a history of making smooth leadership transitions.
Krishna Shankar
People who are making us do additional work are liable for the cost. Rather than burdening the entire population with the work caused by a few, it makes a few accountable for the cost.
Joseph Wood Krutch
Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
Rachel Blanchard
We ask the residents for their help in making sure the numbers are up.
Mayor Michael Bonfanti
I had to start making plays that he makes. He makes plays for everybody and I tried to do that tonight.
Kirk Snyder
I got the one hire in '75; I thanked my brother for making me change my mind; and the rest, as they say, is history.
Dick Bavetta
We came out and had a good run in the second half. (But) they started making big shots.
Bryant Markson
They kept making big plays, and our guys kept answering the call, making big plays right after them.
Randy Copeland
Other days, making one or two birdies seems like it's going to be impossible.
Jeff Sluman
Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.
Helen Rowland
After Slicker Than Your Average , if I didn't have a break, I would have been making a record for the wrong reason.
Craig David
We don't intend on making things more difficult for you. We see it as a partnership; we have to have inspections and licensing, and we inspect you as owners, so we're going to do what we can to get as much input and feedback as possible.
Health Officer Hilde Perala
We think Boot Camp makes the Mac even more appealing to Windows users considering making the switch.
Philip Schiller
The service needs to be sensitive to handicap needs because making transfers is a big issue with them.
David Calhoun
It's amazing the responses we get from the people who have attended the camp. We can see the difference we're making in their lives. And the best part is as much as they say they've learned from us, we have learned just as much from them.
Giancarlo Falcioni
Consumers are different from small-business customers. We needed to do a much better job of making it clear what we have and the opportunity for our channel partners.
Julie Parrish
You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay.
Ruben Studdard
I've always said [this] is the lowest form of journalism, and I see my job is to be entertaining. And I guess it's my curse, because I did it in a different way, they kept making me do it again in a different way. ... [This book] is my tonic for a celebrity-crazed culture.
Bill Zehme
The only thing that would have made the season better was making the playoffs. Luckily I got some of the offensive goals that I set for myself.
Ryan Harvey
Our School Board is so wonderful in making accommodations for us in anticipation for problems.
Ann Laborde
Two more done, three more to go. We're making good progress.
David Forst
Boy, it's been a long time since I drove this. I spent a lot of time making calls in this truck.
Jamie Norville
He's really been killing guys in scrimmages, making them look real bad.
Marcus Camby
I think it's an unfair assessment to say we're contradicting ourselves. We're not the ones making the ads.
Kent Barrett
We're making sure that we're sending the right message.
Jerry Gonzalez
I think the kid has proven that he can play football, but it's two games and let's let him get into his career before we start making him into something he's not. We'll be guarding against that.
Mick Malthouse
Making it more expensive on the west side just exacerbates the problem.
Frank Moro
Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.
Douglas Jerrold
I saw the opening, took advantage of it and had no problem making that choice.
Brian Beckwith
We are making these conscience decisions for our schools as well as the overall interpretation of our village.
Jason Briscoe
It's very difficult to be constantly in a position where people are critical - and not understanding always all the information that goes into making a decision.
Nancy Dowdy
Ron Forman is not gonna leave the Audubon Institute because he's making too much money.
Jeff Crouere
Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.
Alan Bullock
A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.
Mel Gibson
There's a certain truth that you do end up making the same film again and again so if you vary the genre you have a chance of breaking that cycle.
Danny Boyle
But seduction isn't making someone do what they don't want to do. Seduction is enticing someone into doing what they secretly want to do already.
Waiter Rant
This is something done in other areas. We want to protect the investment we're making in the upgrades.
Wayne Henry
The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.
Elbert Hubbard
They're just putting too much information out there, essentially making themselves a key target for predators.
John Shehan
He [Hallowell] doesn't have the exclusivity that we thought we had, but it doesn't exclude us from making them.
Brandon Lewis
We filed a complaint against P&G because we believe their TV commercial is false and misleading and there's no valid evidence to support the claims they are making.
Bryant Haskins
We are now making the cost and convenience benefits available to businesses too, starting with smaller businesses.
Bill Murphy
We were 7-for-19 from the line. We did not do a good job of making free throws and although we had more field goals, we didn't box out well.
Jerry Groves
I can't say when we're going to be exactly on top of delinquencies, but in general we are making progress.
Ron Slaymaker
Amber is a tremendous athlete. She is great during one-on-ones where she just has to react, but we are working on getting her stronger in her decision-making out there.
Jim Griffiths
We have some preliminary but very exciting results. But we would like to formally show this before making any claims that would cause unwanted hype.
Derya Unutmaz
It's always something new he gets an idea and we try to execute it the best we can but he's always pushing the limits of glass making.
Joe Decamp
Those schools that are making strides in literacy - they have literacy coaches.
Sabrina Pellett
Our guys did a great job. We're making some steps forward. I'm really happy how things went. We've come along way since the first meet.
Russ Cozart
Infidels cannot do anything about suicide attacks ... (they) are cowards while we Muslims are making sacrifices for the independence of our country.
Mullah Dadullah
Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.
Dennis Gabor
Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having.
Christian Nevell Bovee
That was my assignment — not making it so comfortable for him.
Brandon Jenkins
We have learned the hard way that making them float on water is not a good idea.
Haley Barbour
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