A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.”
“A good marriage shuts out a very great deal.”
Source: A Reckoning: A Novel
“A good marriage, where both partners are exclusively committed to each other, keeps them healthier both physiologically and psychologically, by directly influencing the nervous system and immune system.”
Source: Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
“A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.”
“A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.”
“A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.”
“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.”
“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.”
“A good mathematical joke is better, and better mathematics, than a dozen mediocre papers.”
Source: Littlewood's Miscellany
“A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“A good meal can somewhat repair / The eatings of slight love”
“A good meal must be as harmonious as a symphony and as well-constructed as a Norman cathedral.”
“A good meal soothes the soul as it regenerates the body.
From the abundance of it flows a benign benevolence.”
“A good means to discovery is to take away certain parts of a system to find out how the rest behaves.”
“A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.”
“A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.”
“A good memory is needed after one has lied.”
“A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]”
“A good memory is one of the most precious assets of spiritual living.”
“A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.”
Source: Party of One: The Selectd Writings of Clifton Fadiman
“A good memory tempts us to live in the past.”
“A good memory, which nature has endowed us with, causes things long past to seem present.”
“A good mentor offers directions and driving tips from the back seat. You still have to drive the car.”
“A good mentor will not only show you an open door, but also empower you to soar through it all.”
Source: Beyond the Closed Door: Unique Keys to Unlock Destinies
“A good message will always find a messenger.”
Source: All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography
“A good messenger expects to get shot.”
“A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.”
“A good metaphor is worth a thousand pictures.”
“A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example, where would we be if iron were absent from the world: this is an old example.”
“A good metric is a ratio or a rate. Accountants and financial analysts have several ratios they look at to understand, at a glance, the fundamental health of a company. You need some, too.
There are several reasons ratios tend to be the best metrics:
• Ratios are easier to act on. Think about driving a car. Distance traveled is informational. But speed—distance per hour—is something you can act on, because it tells you about your current state, and whether you need to go faster or slower to get to your destination on time.
• Ratios are inherently comparative. If you compare a daily metric to the same metric over a month, you’ll see whether you’re looking at a sudden spike or a long-term trend. In a car, speed is one metric, but speed right now over average speed this hour shows you a lot about whether you’re accelerating or slowing down.
• Ratios are also good for comparing factors that are somehow opposed, or for which there’s an inherent tension. In a car, this might be distance covered divided by traffic tickets. The faster you drive, the more distance you cover—but the more tickets you get. This ratio might suggest whether or not you should be breaking the speed limit.”
Source: Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster
“A good midfielder has eyes in the back of his head, that's the secret in a nutshell”
“A good mind is a lord of a kingdom.”
“A good mind possesses a kingdom.”
“A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection. The stories in most of my favorite collections are collected more like songs on a mixtape than, say, collected like spare change. By which I mean they are in conversation with each other and work to become larger than their parts.”
“A good model can advance fashion by ten years.”
Source: Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume
“A good model guides your thinking, a bad one warps it.”
“A good mooring needs no knot, still no one can untie it.”
“A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.”
“A good Moslem king was one who was strict in religion, valiant in battle, just in giving judgment among his people, but not one who had the slightest objection in international matters to removing his neighbour's landmark.”
“A good mother does not live only for her children. She always has some bond with other mothers, no matter what class, nationality or race they may be. All mothers have the same joys, the same sorrows, the same anxieties. All mothers think first of their child and of children.”
“A good mother is irreplaceable.”
Source: The Wisdom of My Grandmothers: Lessons to live by, from one generation of remarkable women to the next
“A good mother is protective but not over-protective. She's patient, she's affectionate, she's playful, but above all she is supportive.”
“A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.”
“A good mother loves fiercely but ultimately brings up her children to thrive without her.”
“A good mother loves fiercely but ultimately brings up her children to thrive without her. They must be the most important thing in her life, but if she is the most important thing in theirs, she has failed.”
“A good mother remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children, is an active and beloved community volunteer. She remembers to make play dates, her children's clothes fit, she does art projects with them and enjoys all their games.”
“A good mother’s life is hard’, she said. ‘ A woman can be a bad wife but she must not be a bad mother.”
“A good mother... when you CRY, she CARRIES you; when you are HUNGRY, she will HURRY to feed you; when you are about to SLEEP, she SINGS for you! Long live good mothers! Thank you mama!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.”
Source: Kindness, Clarity, and Insight
“A good motto in life, he'd reckoned, was: don't eat anything that glows.”
Source: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents