The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
Modi is an excellent orator - sure, anybody who spouts untruths is an excellent orator.
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of counsel!
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
Low interest rates wipe out savers and devastate middle-class workers. The banksters have orchestrated this wealth transference of trillions, from the poor to the very wealthy. At the expense of everybody who isn't at the top.
We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?
We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.
I will become a clean president. I will become a president who can retire home as an ordinary citizen and is welcomed by neighbors.
Batman is basically an ordinary guy who had something tragic happen to him when he was young.
Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.
The work of the Lord is done by ordinary people who work in an extraordinary way.
I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.
I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.
An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special.
My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge.
Whether individuals or organisations, we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.
London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country.