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Balthazar Gracian

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I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.
JERRY ONLY We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.
JERRY ONLY The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch ...
JERRY ONLY My job is not babysitting people; my job is focusing on making the best band I possibly can.
JERRY ONLY Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you pro...
JERRY ONLY There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected e...
JERRY ONLY Look at all the Misfits products that came out. We never made a dime off it.
JERRY ONLY The Ramones went through a couple different line-up changes, and Johnny and Joey held through the wh...
JERRY ONLY We're gonna try and bring on all the different aspects of horror movie making and bring on guest...
JERRY ONLY We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed.
JERRY ONLY The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10...
JERRY ONLY Only that which is provisional endures.
FRENCH PROVERB We are before one gaze and His is the only one that counts.
DANA CANDLER A broken heart never fully mends, it only endures.
SHANE PENDLEY Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration.
AZIM PREMJI There is no option. Excellence is the only way forward, and there's this huge wall behind me call ac...
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
O. J. SIMPSON Courage only counts when you can count.
SUZANNE COLLINS It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
H.L. MENCKEN Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.
NEIL GAIMAN Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures.
HORACE GREELEY Almost only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.
JAKOB Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other.
WALTER LIPPMANN Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
FRANK ROBINSON Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
JOSE BERGAMIN We believe... that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.
ALFRED JARRY Only the picture matters. It's what goes on the screen that counts.
GEORGE STEVENS The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach.
UNKNOWN We downplay our excellence when we only depend on miracles.
SUNDAY ADELAJA Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is charac...
HORACE GREELEY Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is charact...
HORACE GREELEY It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty
J. B. BOSSUET Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorro...
SAPPHO Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
FRANK ROBINSON Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
FRANK ROBINSON Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.
ALAIN DE BOTTON Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is c...
HORACE GREELEY A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
BARBARA CARTLAND We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.
ALFRED JARRY We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.
ALFRED JARRY French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic o...
GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Excellent firms don't believe in excellence -- only in constant improvement and constant change.
THOMAS J. PETERS Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
THOMAS J. PETERS In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.
NATHANIEL BRANDEN The fact that you have only these minor criticisms is quite an achievement.
ALLAN MELTZER A system cannot excel beyond that of its lowest common denominator.
CANDICE CAIN Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
TOM PETERS When seed of vision is watered with passion it blossoms as flower of achievement which spreads fragr...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Statistics can be misleading. The only stat that counts is the score at the end of the game.
MIKE HOLMGREN The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many children, than she who, in her tea...
UNKNOWN It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach thei...
BRAD HENRY In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic e...
ELIZABETH GILBERT The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.
GARY COOPER Not only is this the greatest achievement of Taiwan's democracy, it is also the pride of Taiwan,
DALAI LAMA My most treasured possessions are not things, they are only things, my friends, family and animals a...
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Each of our new partners embodies Fried Frank's culture of excellence, imagination and achievement. ...
JUSTIN SPENDLOVE "Success" sparkles and shines as green lustrous "Excellence" only if attained each time in a differe...
ANUJ SOMANY To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
SUN TZU Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall p...
EDGAR LEE MASTERS Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall p...
EDGAR LEE MASTERS It is not what you say, or wish, or hope or intent, it is only what you do that counts.
BRIAN TRACY As far as our fans are concerned, I'm the only one who counts; along with my teammates, obviousl...
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do w...
EDWARD DMYTRYK Originality is the finely chiseled, well engraved , deeply rooted and only hallmark of any invention...
ANUJ SOMANY The only one taking a risk here is me, if I get too attached to you.
It’s not risky for you, ...
CLAUDIA GRAY Nuclear is not only emissions-free, but renewing our commitment to nuclear power will create countle...
FRED UPTON The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears o...
TED HUGHES You do your best, you do all this stuff, but the only thing that counts is faith expressing itself t...
AMY GRANT To discern profits only when it is within the ken of the market herd is not the acme of investing ex...
AMAH LAMBERT There's a restaurant in Manhattan called Balthazar, and next to it is Balthazar Bakery. It's...
TOM DOUGLAS This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.”
“Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion i...
SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS In war, three quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materi...
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE The achievement of a happy life is not only positively good for us, it is constructively good for th...
LISA CYPERS KAMEN Why is women's hockey the only sport that sort of gets put down for excellence? Why should we stop a...
CASSIE CAMPBELL If EXCELLENCE is one of your values, not only you self-critic and evaluate your performance consiste...
ASSEGID HABTEWOLD You need a commitment which is long term and a commitment to leadership, because that's the only...
AZIM PREMJI Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries... endures for a reason.
DAN BROWN When a man endures suffering he endures something greater than himself
MICHAEL STRONG Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common d...
WALTER LEGGE Making money can give you a sense of achievement. But only Making a Difference will give you a sense...
RVM Out there people don't care what your grades were in school or how intelligent you were the only thi...
DELETE ACCOUNT Decor & You was founded on the principle that service to our clients is our highest priority. The co...
KAREN POWELL CEO Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purc...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purcha...
SAMUEL JOHNSON First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a no...
ABERJHANI We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only ki...
BARBARA CARTLAND It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty. [Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obsta...
JACQUES BENIGUE BOSSUET Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost, Who sums the treasure that it carries hence? Torn, ...
MARY CLEMMER (MARY CLEMMER AMES) The only statistic that counts is the score at the end of the game. Give credit to the Steelers. The...
MIKE HOLMGREN If a woman is given only a limited amount of time to spend with the man she loves, she endures the s...
LUCY DE BARBIN AND DARY MATERA Kindness, Courtesy, Courage, and a Commitment to Academic Excellence" "But if everything goes wrong,...
WILLIAM S. HUNTER As a success-minded person, you should always be looking to not only do your job but do it with exce...
JOHN PATRICK HICKEY Balthazar Balsan is not a self-portrait. If he was, I'd have made the character more flattering.
ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens ...
BART CONNER He's a wee bit more mature [this season]. Like everyone else, when you start a new season, your on-f...
STEVE NICOL The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION w...
TONY DUNGY We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which...
LAMAR ALEXANDER Circumstances, knowledge or birth do not determine the realisation of your desires. It is only you w...
STEPHEN RICHARDS You miss the playoffs and you're, like, a big loser. You might as well be the Royals if you don't ma...
KAREN MILLER Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly pr...
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But I've consistently worked for 10 years.
BALTHAZAR GETTY Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
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BALTHAZAR GETTY Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
BALTHAZAR GETTY I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
BALTHAZAR GETTY When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
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BALTHAZAR GETTY Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.
BALTHAZAR GETTY Life started getting good when I started making money.
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LAURA BALTHAZAR He's lucky to be alive.
LAURA BALTHAZAR Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelt...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
BALTASAR GRACIAN A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
BALTASAR GRACIAN I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jacket...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Know or listen to those who know.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - Th...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put ...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. - T...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Yes and No are soon said, but give much to think over
BALTASAR GRACIAN One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the g...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
BALTASAR GRACIAN One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put ...
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to al...
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
BALTASAR GRACIAN A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate...
BALTASAR GRACIAN When desire dies, fear is born.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
BALTASAR GRACIAN There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
BALTASAR GRACIAN He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
BALTASAR GRACIAN True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.
BALTASAR GRACIAN To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he...
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Begin with another's to end with your own.
BALTASAR GRACIAN To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Good things, when short, are twice as good.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
BALTASAR GRACIAN To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
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BALTASAR GRACIAN Time and I against any two.
BALTASAR GRACIAN One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
BALTASAR GRACIAN He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything...
BALTASAR GRACIAN A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
BALTASAR GRACIAN All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case th...
BALTASAR GRACIAN The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly covete...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
BALTASAR GRACIAN True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life ...
BALTASAR GRACIAN A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn'...
BALTASAR GRACIAN At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog...
BALTASAR GRACIAN The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
GRACIAN BALTASAR Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She s...
BALTASAR GRACIAN The more merit, the less affection
BALTASAR GRACIAN Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
BALTHASAR GRACIAN He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.
BALTASAR GRACIAN He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything...
BALTASAR GRACIAN A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity
BALTASAR GRACIAN Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
BALTASAR GRACIAN There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
BALTASAR GRACIAN A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a 'No...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.
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BALTASAR GRACIAN Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it
BALTASAR GRACIAN It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The things we remember best are those better forgotten
BALTASAR GRACIAN The passions are the humors of the mind, and the least excess sickens our judgment. If the disease s...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Be content to act, and leave the talking to others
BALTASAR GRACIAN Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life ...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Beauty and folly are generally companions.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Don't take the wrong side in an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side
BALTASAR GRACIAN Respect yourself if you would have others respect you
BALTASAR GRACIAN Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose
BALTASAR GRACIAN Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend
BALTASAR GRACIAN God Himself chasteneth not with a rod but with time.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Time and I against any two
BALTASAR GRACIAN Work is the price which is paid for reputation
BALTASAR GRACIAN Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places
BALTASAR GRACIAN The greatest wisdom often consists in ignorance.
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is a great art to know how to sell wind
BALTASAR GRACIAN Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left o...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Do not show your wounded finger, for everything will knock up against it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.
BALTASAR GRACIAN For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done
BALTASAR GRACIAN Evil report carries further than any applause
BALTASAR GRACIAN It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to al...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Never open the door to the lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN A beautiful woman should break her mirror early
BALTASAR GRACIAN A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No,...
BALTASAR GRACIAN Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Begin with another's to end with your own.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Evil report carries further than any applause.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
BALTASAR GRACIAN The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
BALTASAR GRACIAN He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.
BALTASAR GRACIAN We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Le premier signe de l'ignorance, c'est de présumer que l'on sait.
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