Quality Quotes - Page 22

Overconfidence is a powerful source of illusions, primarily determined by the quality and coherence of the story that you can construct, not by its validity.

The best way to achieve surprise quality is by avoiding cliches.

When you read the Bible, read for quality not quantity.

I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel, weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities.

The quality of our lives depends not on whether or not we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them.

The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.

There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

Don't settle for anybody just to have someone. Set your standards. What kind of love do you want to attract? List the qualities you really want in the relationship. Develop those qualities in yourself and you will attract a person who has them.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

I am perfectly confident that I could never adequately convey to any other human being the precise reasons why I continue to refrain from suicide - the reasons, that is, why I still find existence enough of a compensation to atone for its dominantly burthensome quality.

To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time.

Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.

When inequality gets to an extreme, it is completely useless for growth.

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.

Golf is not about the quality of your good shots, it is about the quality of your bad shots.