456 Gain Quotes for You to Enjoy

It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct. Elihu Root

War Peace Long Become Community Every Case General Habit Habits Observed Continue Conduct Form Gain Standards Helps

Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldn't look at myself. Ellen Barkin

I would have thought that if you're going to try to punish the Syrians and prevent them from using chemical weapons again, the thing to do is a one-time strike. Maybe a cruise missile strike at one or two of their air bases just so they know what they're going to gain from using chemical weapons on the battlefield. Elliott Abrams

You Try Thought Air Strike Punish Battlefield One Or Two Would Weapons Prevent Cruise Missile Know Chemical Going Maybe Just Gain Again Them Using Bases Thing Two

I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections. Emanuel Swedenborg

Speak Will Long Other Relate Others Say Possibly Objections Spirits Angels No-One He Well Make Am Order Gain Fancy Body Such Things Many Aware Credence Lives Things

People like comfort; that's natural. But as for making money simply for the sake of making it, and giving yourself far more trouble and anxiety to gain it than you can ever get pleasure from it when it's gained, why, as for me, I'd rather sit still and cross my arms. Emile Zola

Me You Natural Yourself People Anxiety Money Giving Trouble Sit Pleasure Cross Rather More Simply Like Arms Comfort Making Still Making Money Sake Than Get Gain Gained Far Why Ever

I attended speech and drama classes with a nun to help me gain confidence in speaking without my face turning red each time. Emilia Wickstead

Time Me Confidence Face Nun Drama Classes Attended Red Without Gain Turning Speaking Help Each Each Time Speech

People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture. Eric S. Raymond

You Culture Yourself People Others Distinction Drawing Status Kinds Open Attention Open Source Study Between Over Make Source Cultural Dominance Interactions Gain Who Asserting Societies Two

As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform. Eskinder Nega

Democracy Result Will Prisoner Pain Pledge Would Economic Catalyst Long-Term Democratic Reform Committed May Gain Short-Term Against Sanctions Urge Transition Ethiopia Act Europe Peaceful Conscience Apply

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. Euripides

Ignorance Misfortunes Clear Gain

Sometimes, it takes leaving to gain some perspective. I see that clearly every time I leave Washington, D.C., and return to Indiana. I see the bizarre bubble that seems to enclose the Beltway and makes people forget what regular people care about. Evan Bayh

Time People Sometimes Perspective Care Every Every Time Bizarre Indiana See Some About Seems Bubble Takes Clearly Return Makes Leave Leaving Enclose Forget Gain Regular Regular People Washington

When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air. Evan Osnos

You Understanding Live Air Finely Beijing Tuned Gain While

I believe in nonfat. I gain two pounds when I eat a lamb chop. Evelyn Lauder

Believe Eat Pounds Gain Lamb Chop Two

Talking to people from the heart matters, and it's unfortunately something brands have forgotten about. Celebrity endorsement deals try to gain recognition for brands, but at their core, what matters is if the celebrity truly backs the brand. Fat Joe

Heart People Try Matters Backs Recognition About Something Talking Deals Truly Brand Celebrity Brands Endorsement Forgotten Unfortunately Gain Core

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. Fernando Pessoa

Acceptance Stupidity Unless Some General Idea Mixed Intelligent Gain

So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes. Francis Maude

Problem Enough Lib Our Those Support Votes Attractive Loose Making Effectively Labour Gain Disillusioned Us Compete

Price erosion in components is quite fast. If you can capitalize on that by bringing products to the market faster, you will actually gain a better margin realization. Frans van Houten

You Better Will Faster Market Components Price Erosion Quite Gain Realization Capitalize Products Fast Actually Margin Bringing

It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself. Franz von Papen

Government Party Claims Parliament Majority Itself Gain Might

As we gain more knowledge about materials and processes in the universe, that could open up benefits that we can't even imagine. But you have to be willing to fund science without knowledge of the benefits. Fred Kavli

Knowledge You Science Benefits Universe Willing About More Could Open Without Materials Up Gain Processes Even Fund Imagine

All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches. Gary Weiss

You Financial Will First Own Control Too Destiny Be The First Pick Step Road Over Execute First Step Trades Selling Stocks Often Short Gain Riches Your Notion

If we can't remove a member of Congress who has been convicted of 10 felonies - including using his office for personal gain - we risk losing the faith and trust of the American people that we have. Gene Green

The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. George Leigh Mallory

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