T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The best team does not always win, it's the team that plays the best.”
“The best team I ever saw, and I really mean this, was the '61 Yankees.”
“The best teams are made up of a bunch of nobodies who love everybody and serve anybody and don't care about becoming a somebody. -Phill Dooley”
Source: Ten Thousand Tries
“The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities come about as a result of being in the team first.”
“The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.”
“The best teams I've had had a little bit of swagger.”
“The best teams play for each other, not with each other”
“The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.”
“The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.”
“The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure.”
“The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“The best test to know whether an entity is real or fictional is the test of suffering. A nation cannot suffer, feel pain or fear, or has no consciousness. Even if it loses a war, the soldier suffers, the civilians suffer, but the nation cannot suffer. Similarly, a corporation cannot suffer, when it loses its value, it doesn't suffer. All these things, they're fictions. If people bear in mind this distinction, it could improve the way we treat one another and the other animals. It's not a good idea to cause suffering to real entities in the service of fictional stories.”
“The best tests of my Christian growth occur in the mainstream of life, not in the quietness of my study”
Source: Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life
“The best text slides convey their message as starkly and simply as possible. They do not waste words (or slides) on transitional or introductory points, which can and should be stated orally. This means of course that the slides by themselves will not be intelligible as a handout to someone who has not attended the presentation.”
Source: The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing, Thinking, & Problem Solving
“The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.”
“The best that a parent can be... A demonstrator... A consistent, constant demonstrator of being in your own Vortex.”
“The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.”
Source: Stories
“The best that can be said about embryonic stem cell research is that it is scientific exploration into the potential benefits of killing human beings.”
“The best that can be said for anybody is probably that you misunderstood him favorably.”
“The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience.”
Source: Neither here nor there: travels in Europe
“The best that can be said for those like Senators Nelson and Landrieu is that they held out until Obama and Reid met their price. By now, I can't even recall what it took to make Joe Lieberman say 'Uncle!' But it just goes to prove that when politicians like these three refer to themselves as moderate Democrats, we should recognize that it's similar to the distinction made in a related field when call girls insist they're not streetwalkers. It's the same profession; only the prices differ.”
“The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.”
Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
“The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.”
“The best that can happen is that someone can catch a glimpse of the glory you're hinting at.”
Source: The World as I Remember It: Through the Eyes of a Ragamuffin
“The best that Gauss has given us was likewise an exclusive production. If he had not created his geometry of surfaces, which served Riemann as a basis, it is scarcely conceivable that anyone else would have discovered it. I do not hesitate to confess that to a certain extent a similar pleasure may be found by absorbing ourselves in questions of pure geometry.”
“The best that most of us can hope to achieve in physics is simply to misunderstand at a deeper level.”
“The best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for good seamanship.”
“The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.”
Source: The Story of My Life
“The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed.”
Source: The Importance of Living
“The best that you can do for your mind is to have no in-between state in your heart.”
“The best the world has to offer comes from the best you have to give to others.”
“The Best & the Worst Part of Life is, it has no Syllabus.”
“The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room.”
“The best theology is probably no theology; just love one another.”
“The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.”
“The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.”
“The best theory comes from string theory, which states that dark matter is nothing but a higher vibration of the string. We are, in some sense, the lowest octave of a vibrating string.”
“The best theory is inspired by practice.”
“The best therapy for emotional blocks to math is the realization that the human race took centuries or millennia to see through the mist of difficulties and paradoxes which instructors now invite us to solve in a few minutes.”
“The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be”
Source: Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling
“The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.”
Source: Complete Works
“The best thing a company can do for the communities in which it operates is to have a vibrant and sustainable business.”
“The best thing a father can do for his son is love his mother.”
Source: Big Stone Gap
“The best thing a father can give his children is not a toy, but a memory of his voice reading them into a peaceful sleep. That is the real legacy.”
“The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready.”
“The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”
“The best thing a man can do on a first date is be a friend. I think that's the biggest mistake men make on the first date. Just get to know me. Be my friend. Just kick it with me as if I was hanging with a homeboy. It shouldn't be this awkward situation. It should be that we're there, having a great time.”
“The best thing a mother can give her child is a happy and fulfilled mom. There are many paths to happiness and fulfillment--follow your heart and choose your own way.”
Source: Dream Big: Finding the Courage to Follow Your Dreams and Laugh at Your Nightmares
“The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse.”
Source: Courtship After Marriage: Romance Can Last a Lifetime