Quotes about Affairs

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed. Votes: 3

Affairs, ... , like everything else, ask too much. Votes: 3

Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful. Votes: 3

I don't want to repeat myself. I don't want to shoot 10 installments of 'Infernal Affairs.' Votes: 3

But first I want to get my master's degree at Columbia's School of International Public Affairs. Votes: 3

In the Affairs of this World Men are saved, not by Faith,but by the Lack of it. Votes: 3

Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time. Votes: 3

If the estimate of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is correct, then Russia has lost the cold war in western Europe. Votes: 3

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. Votes: 3

the issue of war or peace is an issue that concerns not only experts on Foreign Affairs but every citizen of the United States. Votes: 3

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way. Votes: 3

What I really found was that the one similarity between Covert Affairs and Fair Game is a deep love and admiration and fascination with the home life of a spy. Votes: 3

Desperate affairs require desperate measures. Votes: 1

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. Votes: 1

Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Votes: 1

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. Votes: 1

Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak. Votes: 1

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Votes: 1

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Votes: 1

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. Votes: 1

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. Votes: 1

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! Votes: 1

This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different. Votes: 1

I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. Votes: 1

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. Votes: 1

I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day. Votes: 1

Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change. Votes: 1

It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs. Votes: 1

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about. Votes: 1

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life. Votes: 1

America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage. Votes: 1

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven. Votes: 1

Alpha men are very turned on by the alpha woman, really high chemistry, really fun to work with, probably really fun to have affairs with, but there's not sustainable harmony in that lack of complement. There can only be one person in the driver's seat. Votes: 1

When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African colonies. Marcus Garvey's avocation of African redemption and the restoration of the African state's sovereign political entity in world affairs was still a dream without fulfillment. Votes: 1

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places. Votes: 1

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. Votes: 1

I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!' Votes: 1

Desperate affairs require desperate remedies. Votes: 0

Wealth is the sinews of affairs. Votes: 0

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. Votes: 0

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs. Votes: 0

Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful. Votes: 0

Scrupulous people are not suited to great affairs. Votes: 0

I stand for strict economy in governmental affairs. Votes: 0

I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs. Votes: 0

Good content is the stuff of love affairs. Votes: 0

There are no small steps in great affairs. Votes: 0

I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. Votes: 0

Stupid is a great force in human affairs. Votes: 0

Save in the office and affairs of love. Votes: 0

Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs. Votes: 0

European affairs are no longer reserved for the executive. Votes: 0

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself. Votes: 0

The rhyme of the poet Modulates the king's affairs. Votes: 0

Nothing in human affairs is worth any great anxiety. Votes: 0

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. Votes: 0

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. Votes: 0

The best love affairs are those we never had. Votes: 0

I have no interest in managing my financial affairs. Votes: 0

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs. Votes: 0

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state. Votes: 0

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs. Votes: 0

Love affairs are the real only education in life. Votes: 0

There is a tide in the affairs of men Votes: 0

You killed my dog! Get your affairs in order. Votes: 0

Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. Votes: 0

Unmitigated seriousness is always out of place in human affairs. Votes: 0

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity. Votes: 0

In Sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing is improbable. Votes: 0

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity Votes: 0

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of. Votes: 0

Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs. Votes: 0

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. Votes: 0

I have certainly had my share of long-distance love affairs. Votes: 0

My love affairs are just between my office and gym. Votes: 0

It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule. Votes: 0

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs. Votes: 0

Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order. Votes: 0

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. Votes: 0

I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses. Votes: 0

Rapid change of conditions in all human affairs bring unexpected results. Votes: 0

Serious affairs and history are carefully laid snares for the uninformed. Votes: 0

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity. Votes: 0

Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible. Votes: 0

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. Votes: 0

Artist colonies are notorious for breaking up marriages and housing affairs. Votes: 0

Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. Votes: 0

A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs. Votes: 0

I think it's quite normal for people to have love affairs. Votes: 0

We serve a good God who oversees the affairs of mankind. Votes: 0

Happiness is a heart condition and not a state of affairs. Votes: 0

No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does Votes: 0

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe. Votes: 0

In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy. Votes: 0

On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs! Votes: 0

Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs. Votes: 0

Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor-unassisted. Votes: 0

RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day. Votes: 0

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. Votes: 0

Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live. Votes: 0

Public opinion shapes our destinies and guides the progress of human affairs. Votes: 0

Prying into others' private affairs is the preferred occupation of small minds. Votes: 0

Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting Votes: 0

Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs. Votes: 0

Contentment is a state of the heart, not a state of affairs. Votes: 0

In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do. Votes: 0

Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs Votes: 0

We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones. Votes: 0

The need to manage oneself is creating a revolution in human affairs. Votes: 0

Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs. Votes: 0

Every righteous man or woman is entitled to revelation concerning his own affairs. Votes: 0

Lack of reciprocity ruins friendships, but makes love affairs exciting for a time. Votes: 0

Emotional affairs, those are the only real affairs; those are the real ones. Votes: 0

[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture. Votes: 0

Yeah, that's a cool name, but it's a monstrous intrusion into our affairs. Votes: 0

The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests. Votes: 0

I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart. Votes: 0

He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands. Votes: 0

Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs. Votes: 0

We ought to seek God's assistance in our affairs just as they happen. Votes: 0

I've had affairs. But I'm not the sort of man who has 10,000 affairs. Votes: 0

Few, if any, forces in human affairs are as powerful as shared vision. Votes: 0

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs. Votes: 0

A nation forgetting its own laughter is in a sad state of affairs Votes: 0

Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known. Votes: 0

Meet the Press is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television. Votes: 0

When women have a voice in national and international affairs, wars will cease forever. Votes: 0

Astrology is astronomy brought down to Earth and applied toward the affairs of men. Votes: 0

'Meet the Press' is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television. Votes: 0

Words and thoughts are a tremendous vibratory force, ever moulding man's body and affairs. Votes: 0

Meet the Press' is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television. Votes: 0

Neville Chamberlain looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe. Votes: 0

The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful. Votes: 0

A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state. Votes: 0

Americans are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white. Votes: 0

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.... Votes: 0

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff. Votes: 0

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils. Votes: 0

You don't have to have lots of love affairs to know what love is. Votes: 0

People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. Votes: 0

To give prayer the secondary place is to make God seconday in life's affairs. Votes: 0

The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art. Votes: 0

I think seeking perfection in human affairs is a perfect way to destroy them. Votes: 0

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. Votes: 0

All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair. Votes: 0

Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state. Votes: 0

Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs. Votes: 0

Experience has always shown, and reason also, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed. Votes: 0

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. Votes: 0

The ordinary affairs of a nation offer little difficulty to a person of any experience. Votes: 0

It was only one life. What is one life in the affairs of a state? Votes: 0

In public affairs, stupidity is more dangerous than knavery, because it is harder to fight. Votes: 0

Alcohol, acid, cocaine... they were just affairs. When I met heroin it was true love. Votes: 0

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs. Votes: 0

In the long history of human affairs, common sense doesn't have the greatest track record. Votes: 0

A nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy. Votes: 0

Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love. Votes: 0

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. Votes: 0

Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy. Votes: 0

I have long believed that women should play a much bigger part in our affairs. Votes: 0

We have never meddled in the domestic affairs of any state and we never will. Votes: 0

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them. Votes: 0

Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners. Votes: 0

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs Votes: 0

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them. Votes: 0

And a musician has to learn to be frugal and to carefully manage financial affairs. Votes: 0

A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy. Votes: 0

Certainly, no church should be involved in trying to set the affairs of the nation. Votes: 0

Should we continue to run our economic affairs or be managed by people in Brussels? Votes: 0

Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage. Votes: 0

The fate of warnings in political affairs is to be futile when the recipient wishes otherwise. Votes: 0

Perhaps all early love affairs ought to be strangled or drowned, like so many blind kittens. Votes: 0

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs. Votes: 0

Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs. Votes: 0

Gods are nothing without their worshipers; they act on the affairs and the passions of men. Votes: 0

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible. Votes: 0

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards because a refusal often offends, I read somewhere. Votes: 0

My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs. Votes: 0

I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that. Votes: 0

Other people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own. Votes: 0

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs. Votes: 0

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life. Votes: 0

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. Votes: 0

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. Votes: 0

In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power. Votes: 0

War is elective. It is not an inevitable state of affairs. War is not the weather. Votes: 0

All love affairs are tragedies in the end unless the lovers die at the same moment. Votes: 0

For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern. Votes: 0

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it. Votes: 0

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation. Votes: 0

Our best presidents have really combined domestic leadership with heroic achievements in foreign affairs or war. Votes: 0

I think if you're going to master policy, especially world affairs, you've got to know history. Votes: 0

I care not who controls a nation's political affairs, so long as I control her currency Votes: 0

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. Votes: 0

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there. Votes: 0

Fortune moulds and circumscribes human affairs as she pleases. [Lat., Fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet.] Votes: 0

God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous. Votes: 0

The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer. Votes: 0

Artists live in an imperfect world where affairs of the heart must sometimes be compromised with business. Votes: 0

While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs. Votes: 0

But since the affairs of men rests still incertain, Let's reason with the worst that may befall. Votes: 0

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs. Votes: 0

Modesty and diffidence make a man unfit for public affairs; they also make him unfit for brothels. Votes: 0

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition. Votes: 0

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. Votes: 0

We have the responsibility to ensure that our first impulse in foreign affairs is one of bipartisanship. Votes: 0

Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs. Votes: 0

He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect. Votes: 0

Country music is full of affairs and cheating; that's where all those Hank Williams songs come from. Votes: 0

There's no more morality in world affairs, fundamentally, than there was at the time of Genghis Khan. Votes: 0

Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs. Votes: 0

The difficult problems in life always start off being simple. Great affairs always start off being small. Votes: 0

It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs. Votes: 0

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others. Votes: 0

In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from. Votes: 0

We are in a world of irredeemable paper money - a state of affairs unprecedented in history. Votes: 0

children had no place in love affairs. Children ought to be born to widows and old maids. Votes: 0

There was never a time in our history when ignorance of current affairs could be so dangerous. Votes: 0

When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they? Votes: 0

My love affairs were more often about the fantasy than the actual person I was involved with. Votes: 0

There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice. Votes: 0

I know people that I respect and admire and look up to who have had extra-marital affairs. Votes: 0

That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them. Votes: 0

Bill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town. Votes: 0

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe. Votes: 0

There is nothing sinister in so arranging one's affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Votes: 0

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. Votes: 0

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs. Votes: 0

Some women enjoy unhappy love affairs, you know, though I have always felt that they are greatly overrated. Votes: 0

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. Votes: 0

I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. Votes: 0

There is a time in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Votes: 0

Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree. Votes: 0

This feeling of helplessness in us has arisen from our deliberate dismissal of God from our common affairs. Votes: 0

I'm interested in current affairs and social policy as a whole, but I don't watch politics for sport. Votes: 0

Absorption in Imam Husayn's affairs (his life and his person, etc.), away from his missionary side is backwardness. Votes: 0

Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs. Votes: 0

I think that any person who is commenting on public affairs is entitled to point out those dangers. Votes: 0

Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world. Votes: 0

The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread. Votes: 0

Contentment should be the hallmark of my life, as I put my affairs in the hands of God. Votes: 0

These things do not happen by chance. There is much less luck in public affairs than some suppose. Votes: 0

Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists. Votes: 0

In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse. Votes: 0

...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs Votes: 0

I think public health is kind of in a very sad state of affairs here in this country. Votes: 0

Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs. Votes: 0

The average American never loses his sleep about affairs which relate to his society and to our whole country. Votes: 0

The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest. Votes: 0

In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those that offer. Votes: 0

The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie. Votes: 0

You never find friends them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own. Votes: 0

While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn. Votes: 0

This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. Votes: 0

People little dream of how their affairs react on the body. There is a mental correspondence for every disease. Votes: 0

Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs. Votes: 0

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. Votes: 0

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs. Votes: 0

Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs. Votes: 0

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. Votes: 0

The Germanic invasions in the West could not and did not in any way alter this state of affairs. Votes: 0

Learn whom God has ordered you to be, and in what part of human affairs you have been placed. Votes: 0

Let us a little permit nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we. Votes: 0

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk. Votes: 0

I have decided to end my participation in public affairs and to resign my role as premier of Quebec. Votes: 0

We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men. Votes: 0

I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers. Votes: 0

Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money. Votes: 0

My hope does not rest in the affairs of this world. It rests in Christ who is coming again. Votes: 0

A world government can intervene militarily in the internal affairs of any nation when it disapproves of their activities. Votes: 0

Public affairs go on pretty much as usual: perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be. Votes: 0

Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs. Votes: 0

There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things. Votes: 0

This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim. Votes: 0

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. Votes: 0

Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse. Votes: 0

CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones. Votes: 0

Enlightenment or awakening is not the creation of a new state of affairs but the recognition of what already is. Votes: 0

Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class. Votes: 0

Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion. Votes: 0

Mythology was littered with people who meddled in the affairs of elves and fairies and were never again heard from. Votes: 0

Probably we never fully credit the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the affairs of their own kind. Votes: 0

With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs. Votes: 0

As a monogamous creature, I feel sometimes that it fills up a function that affairs have in married people's life. Votes: 0

I don't have a fear and urgency feeling inside myself about the state of the world affairs and everything collapsing. Votes: 0

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs. Votes: 0

Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs. Votes: 0

Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction. Votes: 0

I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV. Votes: 0

Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves. Votes: 0

Whenever God wants to intervene in the affairs of the earth, he intervenes through light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom Votes: 0

If you want to play your part in the world's affairs, you must refuse to deck yourselves for pleasing man. Votes: 0

There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs. Votes: 0

Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed. Votes: 0

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Votes: 0

Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs. Votes: 0

Respect for sovereignity, for privacy, for total independence. Gentle alliances against loneliness, they were, cool rational love-affairs without the love. Votes: 0

These are not vague inferences . . . but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs. Votes: 0

It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs. Votes: 0

That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs. Votes: 0

My remoteness from women's affairs could be seen from my surprise when I heard that needles had holes in them. Votes: 0

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. Votes: 0

Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs. Votes: 0

The setting is a worthy one, if the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men. Votes: 0

I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs. Votes: 0

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. Votes: 0

Painful as the task is to describe the dark side of our affairs, it sometimes becomes a matter of indispensable necessity. Votes: 0

The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse of foreign policy and international affairs. Votes: 0

To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals. Votes: 0

Decision-making power, whether it's on foreign affairs or domestic affairs, is concentrated in the White House in a reasonably small circle. Votes: 0

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. Votes: 0

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America. Votes: 0

War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state. Votes: 0

If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs. Votes: 0

History should not be written to make the present generation feel good but to remind us that human affairs are complicated. Votes: 0

The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise. Votes: 0

Generally our confidences move downward rather than upward; in our secret affairs, we employ our inferiors much more than our bettors. Votes: 0

The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs. Votes: 0

The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs. Votes: 0

Luck which so often defies anticipation in matrimonial affairs, giving attraction to what is moderate rather than to what is superior. Votes: 0

For repeating themselves from the first kiss to the last sigh, the average man's love affairs have History blushing with envy. Votes: 0

What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts, and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs? Votes: 0

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own. Votes: 0

The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation. Votes: 0

We will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men; free people will set the course of history. Votes: 0

Only a jackass ever talks over his affairs with a woman, whether she be his sweetheart, wife, or sister, or mother. Votes: 0

It's surprising how much wisdom every man possesses -- if not for his own affairs, then for the affairs of others. Votes: 0

Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity. Votes: 0

The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs. Votes: 0

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. Votes: 0

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing Votes: 0

Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way Votes: 0

It's simply not true that Donald Trump has no experience in foreign affairs. Hell, two of his foreign affairs resulted in marriages! Votes: 0

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others"”that is too high a price to pay. Votes: 0

Whatever else the Norman Conquest may or may not have done, it made the old haphazard state of legal affairs forever impossible. Votes: 0

I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame Votes: 0

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. Votes: 0

Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends Votes: 0

When we speak freely, let us speak plainly, for plain speech is wholesome; especially, plain speech about public affairs and public men. Votes: 0

I, who fall short in managing my own affairs, can see just how it would profit my neighbor if I managed his. Votes: 0

The only good histories are those that have been written by the persons themselves who commanded in the affairs whereof they write. Votes: 0

Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. Votes: 0

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs. Votes: 0

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. Votes: 0

Foreign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours. Votes: 0

Shakespeare is forever coming into our affairs -- putting in his oar, so to speak -- with some pat word or sentence. Votes: 0

When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love. Votes: 0

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. Votes: 0

EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort. Votes: 0

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs. Votes: 0

That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention. Votes: 0

The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private. Votes: 0

Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill. Votes: 0

Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them. Votes: 0

You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. Votes: 0

Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them. Votes: 0

Countries which enjoy the highest level of peace, happiness and prosperity are the ones where the law least interfered with private affairs. Votes: 0

Persecution mania is still around. In your writing, in your exchanges with people, meeting people who are in Russian affairs, Russian literature, etcetera. Votes: 0

Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves. Votes: 0

How much of our literature, our political life, our friendships and love affairs, depend on being able to talk peacefully in a bar! Votes: 0

So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there are children crying? Votes: 0

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. Votes: 0

So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging. Votes: 0

It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force Votes: 0

I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics. Votes: 0

I met a girl, we ate, we drank, had sex, got married, had affairs, broke up - God, what a night that was! Votes: 0

Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women's affairs! Votes: 0

Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs. Votes: 0

I've never lost my cool. Even in love affairs. If you have Plan B and Plan C, you are all the time relaxed. Votes: 0

The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs. Votes: 0

When folks find I ain't afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I'm tellin' the truth about my own. Votes: 0

Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart Votes: 0

As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs. Votes: 0

If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable." Votes: 0

If I had as many love affairs as I've been given credit for, I'd be in a jar at the Harvard Medical School. Votes: 0

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. Votes: 0

On the farm the weather was the great fact, and men's affairs went on underneath it, as the streams creep under the ice. Votes: 0

A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life. Votes: 0

If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county. Votes: 0

We do not behave as if we believed that the affairs of our world were significant enough for the intervention of great men. Votes: 0

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs. Votes: 0

It is a happy circumstance in human affairs that evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other. Votes: 0

Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto. Votes: 0

In France a woman will not go to sleep until she has talked over affairs of state with her lover or her husband. Votes: 0

People are always asking me in interviews, 'What do you think of foreign affairs?' I just say, 'I've had a few.' Votes: 0

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. Votes: 0

In all human affairs, the wisest course is to be passionate about the role of reason and reasonable about the role of passion. Votes: 0

If an American was condemned to confine his activity to his own affairs, he would be robbed of one half of his existence. Votes: 0

We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion. Votes: 0

Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them. Votes: 0

If I place love above everything, it is because for me it is the most desperate, the most despairing state of affairs imaginable. Votes: 0

I have been placed under surveillance, and I can't take a step without it being known to the Polish minister of internal affairs. Votes: 0

The philosopher often appears ridiculous in the practical affairs of life, because he or she has stepped out of the rush of time. Votes: 0

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools. Votes: 0

The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs. Votes: 0

A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs. Votes: 0

[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail. Votes: 0

The absolute necessity to create a proper Earth government' - we should inscribe this as the priority item on the agenda of world affairs. Votes: 0

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion. Votes: 0

...What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life. Votes: 0

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment. Votes: 0

Judged by the normal standards of human affairs, the lives of men and women of God may look overburdened with suffering, and even inconclusive. Votes: 0

Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government. Votes: 0

[Washington is a] very gossipy little village of people all going to the same bars . . . all watching each other having affairs with each other Votes: 0

In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.' Votes: 0

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state. Votes: 0

The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning. Votes: 0

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he outwears his love affairs, his politics and his epistemology. Votes: 0

Of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. That's your most powerful tool to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness. Votes: 0

When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the military budget. Votes: 0

Most large companies structure their affairs so that they minimize their tax payments. As long as you do it within the law, it's OK. Votes: 0

He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel. Votes: 0

Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion. Votes: 0

No department or locality may, or will be allowed to, interfere in the affairs which should be administered by [the SAR] on its own, Votes: 0

My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs. Votes: 0

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world. Votes: 0

When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me. Votes: 0

John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental. Votes: 0

I think a man can have two, maybe three, affairs while he is married. But three is the absolute maximum. After that, you're cheating. Votes: 0

There is a wheel on the affairs of men revolve and its mechanism is such that it prevents any man from being always fortunate. Votes: 0

The atomic bombs will surely shorten the war, and let us hope that they will effectively end war as a possibility in human affairs. Votes: 0

John McCains choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palins ignorance of public affairs is monumental. Votes: 0

If worthless men are sometimes at the head of affairs, it is, I believe, because worthless men are at the tail and the middle Votes: 0

Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work. Votes: 0

The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product. Votes: 0

As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of state. Votes: 0

For out of doubt In these affairs 'tis each man's will itself That gives the start, and hence throughout our limbs Incipient motions are diffused. Votes: 0

If one does not practice nonviolence in one's own personal relations with others and hopes to use it in bigger affairs, one is vastly mistaken. Votes: 0

You agreee with me that the situation is a lulu? Certainly, a somewhat sharp crisis in your affairs would appear to have been precipitated, Sir. Votes: 0

Not everyone likes the stable, gradual rise of our country. There are some who are using the democratic ideology to interfere in our internal affairs. Votes: 0

So many love affairs doesn't survive, because the couple has been very loving to each other but with the time they stop respecting each other. Votes: 0

There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation, will not reveal the more secret affairs of their friends. Votes: 0

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo & Juliet? How long were they together? A few days. Votes: 0

I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay in. Votes: 0

It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed. Votes: 0

By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society. Votes: 0

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A few days. Votes: 0

Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. Votes: 0

Man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day. Votes: 0

If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to guard. Votes: 0

Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge. Votes: 0

Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free from sorrows and cares. Votes: 0

In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final solutions. Votes: 0

In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, the static routine of tradition continues. Votes: 0

When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to bed with is yourself. Votes: 0

If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn't be in a worse state than it is now ! Votes: 0

I don't know people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much. Votes: 0

I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government. Votes: 0

In all crises of human affairs there are two broad courses open to a man. He can stay where he is or he can go elsewhere. Votes: 0

As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost. Votes: 0

Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other's. Votes: 0

Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them. Votes: 0

If prayer puts God to work on earth, then, by the same token, prayerlessness rules God out of the world's affairs and prevents Him from working. Votes: 0

Time and again, we have found the 'idle' truths arrived at through the process of inquiry to be of the greatest moment for practical human affairs. Votes: 0

America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian. Votes: 0

Our life seems not present, so much as prospective; not for the affairs on which it is wasted, but as a hint of this vast- flowingvigor. Votes: 0

A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber. Votes: 0

I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard. Votes: 0

Prayer is our invitation to God to intervene in the affairs of earth. It is our request for Him to work His ways in this world. Votes: 0

I think it is the best of humanity that goes out to walk. In happy hours, I think all affairs may be wisely postponed for walking. Votes: 0

Dickens writes that an event, "began to be forgotten, as most affairs are, when wonder, having no fresh food to support it, dies away of itself. Votes: 0

When the church takes affairs of the state more seriously than they do Jesus, Pax Romana becomes its gospel and the president becomes the Son of God. Votes: 0

[Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may bring destruction in our train. Votes: 0

I rarely meddled in the cat's personal affairs and she rarely meddled in mine. Neither of us was foolish enough to attribute human emotions to our pets. Votes: 0

Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs. Votes: 0

What we have seen in recent years in the United States is the church's rights to express itself, and to conduct its own affairs, being insidiously eroded. Votes: 0

People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it. Votes: 0

By numberless examples it will evidently appear that human affairs are as subject to change and fluctuation as the waters of the sea agitated by the winds. Votes: 0

None of what we [as country] have done is credited. None of the good works. Our foreign affairs budget, foreign aid budget, none of it is ever thanked. Votes: 0

None of what we [as country] have done is credited. None of the good works. Our foreign affairs budget, foreign aid budget, none of it is ever thanked. Votes: 0

[A] good Christian does not care for miracles very much, because a miracle is God looking after His own affairs, and we prefer looking after them for Him. Votes: 0

All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs. Votes: 0

For centuries the word 'nature' has been used to bolster prejudices or to express, not reality, but a state of affairs that the user would wish to see. Votes: 0

Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match. Votes: 0

International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers. Votes: 0

The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy. Votes: 0

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs. Votes: 0

It is my hope that I could be not just a Prime Minister, but a Prime Minister for Aboriginal affairs, the first I imagine that we've ever had. Votes: 0

I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strange - a very strange one. It is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking. Votes: 0

Some poets marry a language; some have affairs with it; some treat it as a parent, some as a child, some as an equal, or as a friend. Votes: 0

I have often heard it said that the United States is isolated and is not interested in European affairs. I assure you that this is not the case. Votes: 0

He is less likely to be mistaken who looks forward to a change in the affairs of the world than he who regards them as firm and stable. Votes: 0

I leave the world and its affairs to the young and energetic, and resign myself to their care, of whom I have endeavored to take care when young. Votes: 0

So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything. Votes: 0

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs. Votes: 0

Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for wrongs real or imagined. Votes: 0

The people who really matter in social affairs are neither those who wish to stop short like a mule, or leap from crag to crag like a mountain goat. Votes: 0

There is not the least cause for worry about financial affairs; every person who wills to do so may rise above want, have all he needs, and become rich. Votes: 0

If there is one thing the past years have taught us, it is the importance of a keen and high sense of honor in those who handle our governmental affairs. Votes: 0

It is much easier to pull down a government, in such a conjuncture of affairs as we have seen, than to build up, at such a season as the present. Votes: 0

When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life. Votes: 0

A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs. Votes: 0

Angels play a very active role in the purposes of God and the affairs of men, but do not control human events or violate the free will of human beings. Votes: 0

I have lived a long time, sir, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs in the affairs of men. Votes: 0

It is still an unending source of surprise for me how a few scribbles on a blackboard or on a piece of paper can change the course of human affairs. Votes: 0

I give thanks that I am now rich, well and happy and that my financial affairs are in divine order. Every day in every way I am growing richer and richer. Votes: 0

There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I had some relations, once also to a famous pop star. Votes: 0

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all. Votes: 0

Treat your online affairs as part of your affairs that need to be in order - your bank, your Internet bill - you need to have people who know what you want. Votes: 0