Favors Quotes - Page 9

If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.

Chance favors only those who court her.

I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.

The fact that a belief has a good moral effect upon a man is no evidence whatsoever in favor of its truth.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

The reason the U.S. lags so badly is that we have obsolete rules that favor big over small, supply over efficiency, and incumbents over new market entrants.

Men of authority and influence may promote good morals. Let them in their several stations encourage virtue. Let them favor and take part in any plans which may be formed for the advancement of morality.

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.

Windows favors multi-threading, which means that a service is implemented by one single process.

Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God.

The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'

If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at her like a hangnail.

The trouble with giving advice is that others want to return the favor.

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

There is no safety in regaining the favor of an enemy.

Grace is heartfelt, tinged with love, a spillover gift of the God who extended undeserved favor toward us.

I have also testified repeatedly and published some articles in favor of Small Science.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to unilateral protection against nukes?

I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.

Men are never attached to you by favours.

Every businessman is in favor of freedom for everybody else, but when it comes to himself that's a different question. He's always the special case. He ought to get special privileges from the government, a tariff, this, that and the other thing.