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JOHN W. GARDNER Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
JOHN W. GARDNER We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.
JOHN W. GARDNER For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.
JOHN W. GARDNER The cynic says, One man can't do anything. I say, Only one man can do anything.
JOHN W. GARDNER Although leadership and the exercise of power are distinguishable activities, they overlap and inter...
JOHN W. GARDNER True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
JOHN W. GARDNER When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teach...
JOHN W. GARDNER America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Fr...
JOHN W. GARDNER I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced i...
JOHN W. GARDNER We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the pr...
JOHN W. GARDNER I've watched a lot of mid-career people, and Yogi Berra says you can observe a lot just by watching....
JOHN W. GARDNER Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them. . . . They achiev...
JOHN W. GARDNER History never looks like history when you are living through it.
JOHN W. GARDNER Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.
JOHN W. GARDNER Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
JOHN W. GARDNER It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and di...
JOHN W. GARDNER Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives...
JOHN W. GARDNER If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become...
JOHN W. GARDNER One of my less pleasant chores when I was young was to read the Bible from one end to the other. Rea...
JOHN W. GARDNER In the artist's recreation of the world we are enabled to see the world.
JOHN W. GARDNER One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk fai...
JOHN W. GARDNER Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above th...
JOHN W. GARDNER Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowe...
JOHN W. GARDNER America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments...
JOHN W. GARDNER The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselv...
JOHN W. GARDNER The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in phi...
JOHN W. GARDNER Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world'...
JOHN W. GARDNER When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. ...
JOHN W. GARDNER Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.
JOHN W. GARDNER The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
JOHN W. GARDNER The cynic says, 'One man can't do anything.' I say, 'Only one man can do anything.&#...
JOHN W. GARDNER It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a w...
JOHN W. GARDNER The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his ...
JOHN W. GARDNER Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.
JOHN W. GARDNER We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
JOHN W. GARDNER Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and lead...
JOHN W. GARDNER Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.
JOHN W. GARDNER One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
JOHN W. GARDNER True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
JOHN W. GARDNER The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which t...
JOHN W. GARDNER We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble pro...
JOHN W. GARDNER Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives ...
JOHN W. GARDNER We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final state of afflue...
JOHN W. GARDNER The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in phi...
JOHN W. GARDNER All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.
JOHN W. GARDNER When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teach...
JOHN W. GARDNER We teach who we are
JOHN W. GARDNER The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his...
JOHN W. GARDNER When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the US. g...
JOHN W. GARDNER More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overc...
JOHN W. GARDNER Leaders can express the values that hold the society together. Most important, they can conceive and...
JOHN W. GARDNER The cynic says, "One man can't do anything." I say, "Only one man can do anything."
JOHN W. GARDNER Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the ful...
JOHN W. GARDNER We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the pr...
JOHN W. GARDNER Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's i...
JOHN W. GARDNER All to often, on the long road up, young leaders become servants of what is rather than shapers of w...
JOHN GARDNER People will tell you that writing is too difficult, that it's impossible to get your work published,...
JOHN GARDNER The best way a writer can find to keep himself going is to live off his (or her) spouse. The trouble...
JOHN GARDNER When I was a child I truly loved:
Unthinking love as calm and deep
As the North Sea. But I...
JOHN GARDNER [the writer] must copy, with his finite mind, the process of the infinite 'I AM.
JOHN GARDNER Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives...
JOHN GARDNER I write for those who desire, not publication at any cost, but publication one can be proud of--seri...
JOHN GARDNER Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.
JOHN GARDNER A dragon is a confusion at the heart of things, a law unto himself. He embraces good, evil, and indi...
JOHN GARDNER I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everythin...
JOHN GARDNER There is no limit to desire but desire's needs.
JOHN GARDNER Management's job is to see the company not as it is... but as it can become.
JOHN W. TEETS One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
JOHN W. FOSTER Of the events of life we may have some control. but over the law of its progress none.
JOHN W. DRAPER A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.
JOHN W. FOSTER Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself.
JOHN W. DRAPER Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exc...
JOHN W. FOSTER The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.
JOHN W. FOSTER No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own dest...
JOHN W. SCOVILLE We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American e...
JOHN W. SNOW So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our ...
JOHN W. THOMPSON Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple.
JOHN W. DAWSON When our Lord began his ministry he announced a manifesto, far more comprehensive, thoroughgoing, an...
JOHN W. SADIQ Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual ...
JOHN W. DIXON To have known the best, and to have known it for the best, is success in life.
JOHN W. MACKAY Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.
JOHN W. RAPER We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying ...
JOHN W. SNOW Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservati...
JOHN W. SNOW The deficit - the U.S. knows our deficit is too large. We are committed to bringing it down. We are ...
JOHN W. SNOW Our view is that economic isolationism is the wrong way to go. Vibrant, successful growing economies...
JOHN W. SNOW What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls a...
JOHN W. THOMPSON And our big theme has been, you have made so much progress, we urge you on with the openings and mar...
JOHN W. SNOW Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.
JOHN W LORD I don't see it as abnormal in any way; he's just on the private end of the spectrum. But I don't thi...
JOHN W. ROWE Now multitudes of root words are identical in the American languages over vast areas some of them wi...
JOHN W. DAWSON There was no guarantee of victory if I remained the same or just tried to be myself, but there was c...
JOHN W LORD We need to shift the paradigm from reactive technologies to more integrative solutions that deal wit...
JOHN W. THOMPSON Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of st...
JOHN W. SNOW So ensuring the integrity of the data and integrity and validity of the connection is a very importa...
JOHN W. THOMPSON But clearly an economy that's growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing th...
JOHN W. SNOW What the Snowden scenario proved is that the weakest link is not the technology, the weakest link is...
JOHN W. THOMPSON Telecom is a dramatic success in India and our view is, respecting the political process, and respec...
JOHN W. SNOW Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to...
JOHN W. SNOW I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long...
JOHN W. SNOW Social conservatism and neoconservatism have revived authoritarian conservatism, and not for the bet...
JOHN W. DEAN Second issue is the rapidly accelerating increase in the number of vulnerabilities that get discover...
JOHN W. THOMPSON First, our focus on security is on the infrastructure itself. So it is all about how you protect the...
JOHN W. THOMPSON I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of c...
HOWARD GARDNER If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you wor...
GAYLE GARDNER In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.
GAYLE GARDNER What science fiction does is take what might be possible someday and examine what might happen if it...
GARDNER DOZOIS When I was a boy in Salem, Mass., in the 1950s, if you wanted to buy a book, you had to take a train...
GARDNER DOZOIS I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more ...
GARDNER DOZOIS When I first started editing a 'Year's Best' volume in the '70s, the job was pretty ...
GARDNER DOZOIS Even after all these years, finding a really first-rate story is still a thrill, one I want to share...
GARDNER DOZOIS Philadelphia's a good science-fiction town. There are many professional writers here, like Micha...
GARDNER DOZOIS An experienced slush-pile reader doesn't need more than a few seconds to see if a story has pote...
GARDNER DOZOIS Some people say Liz and I are whores, but we are saints. We do not hide our loves hypocritically, an...
AVA GARDNER Hemp has the potential to be a major boon to Colorado agriculture, giving farmers another viable and...
CORY GARDNER We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with bor...
CORY GARDNER It's a family; lacrosse is not like any other sport, it's more of a way of life.
ADAM GARDNER I've been to a few of those and they've been really powerful.
ADAM GARDNER It's great not only talking about community service in theory but actually doing it.
ADAM GARDNER I never really thought of community service as a movement, but it is.
ADAM GARDNER Reverb is a nonprofit group my wife and I started a few years ago.
ADAM GARDNER New Hampshire has always been a good state.
ADAM GARDNER The fact is, our men and women in uniform, the bravest in the world, did everything they could to pr...
CORY GARDNER Do you know what happens when you give a procrastinator a good idea? Nothing!
DONALD GARDNER Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.
EDWARD GARDNER There are two great injustices that can befall a child. One is to punish him for something he didn't...
ROBERT GARDNER Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.
AVA GARDNER If we would just support each other -- that's ninety percent of the problem.
EDWARD GARDNER It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.
EDWARD GARDNER If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is...
MARTIN GARDNER God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in ot...
AVA GARDNER Once you get people laughing, they're listening and you can tell them almost anything.
HERBERT GARDNER Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
ED GARDNER Never offer advice just to appear concerned.
JACK GARDNER I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whateve...
HOWARD GARDNER I think the American people aren't looking for loyalty amongst candidates to other candidates. W...
CORY GARDNER If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you'...
HOWARD GARDNER All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. ...
LISA GARDNER Anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many different ways. These multiple ways can mak...
HOWARD GARDNER While we may continue to use the words
smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may
persist f...
HOWARD GARDNER The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.
AVA GARDNER Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistak...
AVA GARDNER After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: "She can't talk! She can'...
AVA GARDNER I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three, ...
AVA GARDNER I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. ...
AVA GARDNER I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.
AVA GARDNER What's the point? My face, shall we say, looks lived in.
AVA GARDNER Some people say Liz and I are whores, but we are saints. We do not hide our loves hypocritically, an...
AVA GARDNER I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.
AVA GARDNER For the loot, honey, for the loot.
AVA GARDNER Today is a very sad day for America.
ANTHONY GARDNER They fail to meet our major criteria, which was maximum access and preservation of that bedrock area...
ANTHONY GARDNER We are not opposed to the rebuilding moving forward. We just don't want it to move forward and the p...
ANTHONY GARDNER Governor Pataki, you've ruled Ground Zero with an iron fist for too long. You've let corporate elite...
ANTHONY GARDNER I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.
LISA GARDNER I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #...
HOWARD GARDNER As a result of the strategic patience policy, we now have North Korea testing four times an atomic w...
CORY GARDNER They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.
GARDNER DICKINSON Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence ...
CORY GARDNER We have antiquated policies that were put in place in the 1970s that prohibit us from exporting our ...
CORY GARDNER I need to add that my work on multiple intelligences received a huge boost in 1995 when Daniel Golem...
HOWARD GARDNER Honestly, I had no idea that the heart could cause such trouble and strife. It could be broken and s...
SALLY GARDNER I collect words--they are sweets in the mouth of sound.
SALLY GARDNER Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn't and I tried to turn them into someth...
AVA GARDNER The plan right now is to expose them to both positions. I think the center field position is more of...
BILLY GARDNER We've seen it before and we didn't want to quit on an inning. It gives us momentum but the momentum ...
BILLY GARDNER In the playoffs, some of these guys haven't been battle tested so you're never sure which way it wil...
BILLY GARDNER The most important thing is that the guys in this clubhouse got better. We're in the development bus...
BILLY GARDNER The off days will help physically and mentally. We're at a point where it's been a long season and e...
BILLY GARDNER Every pitch and at-bat is important in the playoffs. Kids learn how to play in pressure situations a...
BILLY GARDNER He was pretty good out there. He gave us a chance to win. That's doing his job.
BILLY GARDNER He wants to learn. You take that work ethic and his physical ability, which he has a lot of, and you...
BILLY GARDNER Every at-bat is critical in a tie ballgame like that. We kept getting guys on and in scoring positio...
BILLY GARDNER Even with a five-run lead against a team like Lancaster, it felt like a one-run game. It was importa...
BILLY GARDNER She's a very loving person. She just loved children.
BRETT GARDNER I've been wearing a lot of hats, doing everyday business and trying to deal with the issue. It would...
BRETT GARDNER [Excalibur has only 10 employees; that's the good news and the bad news. Small companies don't have ...
BRETT GARDNER I've been playing up and down. Coming here, I had a way I had swung the bat all my life. We worked o...
BRETT GARDNER We have had a lot of requests about our Y2K status, but no one has offered in any way to give us a h...
BRETT GARDNER It's an admission of guilt. That's what makes me happy. The money had nothing to do with it,
BILL GARDNER I don't like to make predictions, but I think we have the ability to be very competitive.
BILL GARDNER I see our biggest asset as being the fact that a lot of these girls have played together for two or ...
BILL GARDNER I'm happy with the group of kids that we have. I think we'll field a competitive team, and we'll loo...
BILL GARDNER We lost runs in the first inning and had a runner on in the second.
BILL GARDNER We have a definite deadline. There is no missing the deadline.
BILL GARDNER We go through cycles, where one category is popular for a couple of years, and then another. Since 1...
BILL GARDNER Following the recent management change and restructure, Eidos is able to reevaluate its calendar of ...
BILL GARDNER We're not going to win the section, but we played this team tough, and if we keep playing like this,...
BILL GARDNER You can find plenty of campaigns where a boost from Iowa never materialized, more than when it didoc...
BILL GARDNER The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it's Finland or Japan, Denma...
HOWARD GARDNER Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.
AVA GARDNER Now, President Obama has to make a decision. He can either propose a nominee who can win over the ma...
CORY GARDNER We can't disrespect people for having a different opinion.
CORY GARDNER There's a real question of what the United States could do if we detain somebody out of Syria ri...
CORY GARDNER Twenty-five years ago, the notion was you could create a general problem-solver software that could ...
HOWARD GARDNER Well, if storytelling is important, then your narrative ability, or your ability to put into words o...
HOWARD GARDNER Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
ED GARDNER Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
ED GARDNER Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings
ED GARDNER There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is...
MARTIN GARDNER