It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter. Michael Dickinson aimanticipatebite Change image and share on social
Greatly talented performers don't know - often spectacularly - what's best for them, don't know what their talents really are, and don't know what's just plain wrong for them. Dick Cavett greatlyperformerplain Change image and share on social
It's a funny thing: my name in Arabic means hope, so I suppose I have to live by that principle. Hope is desire, feeling, and investing in a projection of something that doesn't yet exist. At its best, you witness its alchemy in your life, turning something that was once in the mind into reality. At its worst, it's delusion. Aml Ameen alchemyarabicbad share on social
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. Athenaeus authorburndrink Change image and share on social
If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death. Alexander Smith deathgiftinherit share on social
We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league. Bob Cousy brownfeltleague Change image and share on social
As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming. Bobby Ray Inman activityadvanceattack Change image and share on social
The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness. Edwin Booth bookconveydarkness Change image and share on social
I think some of the best songs are written in love and then out of love. That's the best time to put something together. Tyler James Williams loveputsong Change image and share on social
I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to. Karen Joy Fowler avaricebowmanshipcomport share on social