Quotes about Making

A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.

George Bernard Shaw

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Aristotle

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

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

Saint Teresa Of Avila

Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Benjamin Franklin

I shall allow no man to belittle 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

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

Samuel Butler

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Thomas Henry Huxley

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

Albert Camus

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

Robert Henri

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.

Woody Allen

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Voltaire

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

My perception is that we're making considerable progress. But not as much progress as we thought that we would make.

Charles E. Grassley

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

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

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 the first step in making amends for what has taken place.

Anton Valukas

I don't get the problem here at all. We're not making a profit.

Keith Winkowski

A lot of it was making my family proud and making something of myself.

Christine Cox

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

Leon Blum

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

Hillary Clinton

We played great team defense. The guys were diving around all over the place making plays. ... Graves did a great job.

Joe Bair

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

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

I probably wouldn't mind just doing the Harry Potter movies and then making a career of conventions.

Matthew Lewis

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

It's only the tar sands that prevent the country from making its targets under Kyoto.

Tim Flannery

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.

Scott Alexander

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

Those who cannot admit making stupid mistakes are destined to repeat them over and over.

Bill Purdin

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 planning on making that album. But besides that, it's a lot of fun.

Dominic Suchyta

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

The company is now making firearms and we know it.

Maina Kamanda

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

Our defense played well behind him. Heath is more confident once he sees our defense is making plays.

Kevin Maxwell

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

We were getting open, and finding the open shot. We were getting good shots. We just weren't making them.

Brian Urig

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

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

It's very clear that these are blockades keeping consumers from making competitive choices to move to another company.

Morgan Jindrich

Remember: lenders are in the money-making business, not in the gift-giving business.

Karen Gross

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

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

This injury limits her function, making it impossible for her to jump, land and skate effectively and without risk of serious injury.

Jim Moeller

I'm grateful that the team allowed me back. I'm looking forward to making it up to them.

William Green

He's having problems making the decision.

Anne Ross

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

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

We are making the strategic choice to establish two financially strong and independent companies that will deliver greater value to our shareowners.

Richard Mcginn

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

I think both contractors are making every effort to comply with what is being asked of them.

Don Madden

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

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

He's an amazing player. He's really making a name for himself.

Randy Shuman

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

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

And ever since she opened her mouth about it, God has blessed making it all come together.

Larry Rye

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

Intel has a history of making smooth leadership transitions.

Krishna Shankar

Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.

Rachel Blanchard

I had to start making plays that he makes. He makes plays for everybody and I tried to do that tonight.

Kirk Snyder

We came out and had a good run in the second half. (But) they started making big shots.

Bryant Markson

Other days, making one or two birdies seems like it's going to be impossible.

Jeff Sluman

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 think Boot Camp makes the Mac even more appealing to Windows users considering making the switch.

Philip Schiller

We're making progress on K Street because the times they are a-changing.

Dan Cohen

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

You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay.

Ruben Studdard

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

Two more done, three more to go. We're making good progress.

David Forst

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Voltaire

I think it's an unfair assessment to say we're contradicting ourselves. We're not the ones making the ads.

Kent Barrett

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

This time we are making it the biggest dating event in the country.

Gao Quan

I saw the opening, took advantage of it and had no problem making that choice.

Brian Beckwith

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

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

Alan Bullock

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

This is something done in other areas. We want to protect the investment we're making in the upgrades.

Wayne Henry

They're just putting too much information out there, essentially making themselves a key target for predators.

John Shehan

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 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

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

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

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

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.

Dennis Gabor

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