#saying

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#common man #demands #distinguish #excellent #excellent man

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.' ↗

— Melinda Gates

#constantly #i #i was born #lucky #myself

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.' ↗

— Miranda Lambert

#anybody #change #mom #saying #stick

I understand a lot of the female needs. I'm not saying I know all of them all the time though. ↗

— Jared Leto

#i #know #lot #needs #saying

I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity. ↗

— Philip Levine

#attention #come #commonplace #eternity #eyes

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.' ↗

— Damian Lewis

#dysfunctional #film #i #job #just

Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#genius #people #right #right thing #right time

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#find #itself #least #little #little bit

I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters. ↗

— Gary Lineker

#broadcasters #dangerous #fantastic #i #obviously

I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person. ↗

— Laura Linney

#big #i #i always #just #laugh