Quotes about Terms

Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms. Votes: 3

Terms like 'good' and 'bad' are extremely simplistic in what is a far more complex situation. Votes: 3

Terms such as obscene are used swiftly in order to protect people from exposure to the truth. Votes: 3

Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms. Votes: 3

Existence is beyond the power of words to define: Terms may be used But are none of them absolute. Votes: 3

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'. Votes: 2

My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong. Votes: 2

I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS. Votes: 2

Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German. Votes: 2

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. Votes: 2

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. Votes: 2

In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me. Votes: 2

In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people. Votes: 2

I know it's very idealistic and utopian, but I believe we need to just let everyone not be judged in terms of religion, groups or nations or region. Votes: 2

In Beverly Hills, it's very spoiled in terms of the quality of life. I think the climate and the space and the quality of life in Beverly Hills is exceptional. Votes: 2

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single. Votes: 2

Women on the whole are often not as shallow as men are. They can be, but they cut through things a little more easily than men do in terms of that superficial stuff. Votes: 2

As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go. Votes: 2

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. Votes: 2

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. Votes: 2

Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity. Votes: 2

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything. Votes: 2

We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution: How much of our wealth, if any, should we give away to the hungry abroad? Votes: 2

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.' Votes: 2

The Internet has made some phenomenal breakthroughs that are still only poorly understood in terms of changing people's ideas of us and them. If mass media, social isolation in the suburbs, alienating workplaces and long car commutes create a bunker mentality, the Internet does the opposite. Votes: 2

You know honestly I think there's a Dracula, a Wolf Man, and a Frankenstein's Monster in all of us. They are sides of our own character so that's why I think we can relate to them in terms of a 'I know how that feels' kind of thing. Votes: 2

The term 'alpha female' originated in my field of animal behavior, but has acquired new meaning. It refers to women who are in charge, for example, by flirting and dating on their own terms. It is also used maliciously for a loud-mouthed, controlling woman who has no patience with deviating opinions. Votes: 2

Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities. Votes: 2

There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies. Votes: 2

All identity labels are umbrella terms to some degree, but this term 'bisexual' is not only serviceable, but it is sufficient. And yes, it brings together a bunch of people who are maybe shades different from one another. And maybe that's the beauty of labels: that they force you to be with other people and see the difference. Votes: 2

You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better. Votes: 2

Consumer culture is contradiction in terms Votes: 0

In planetary terms, we're all downstream. Votes: 0

Yes, I'm happy, in human terms. Votes: 0

I don't really think in career terms. Votes: 0

I see Christianity in very humanistic terms. Votes: 0

Good morning is a contradiction of terms. Votes: 0

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

Holy War is a contradiction of terms... Votes: 0

I usually think in terms of music Votes: 0

I don't live on other people's terms. Votes: 0

In terms of existing, everything is equal. Votes: 0

An Italian university is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

I want to go out on my terms. Votes: 0

I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood. Votes: 0

I definitely have favourites in terms of albums. Votes: 0

In terms of segments, I think we've done 1,200. Votes: 0

A non-serving Christian is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

I see my life in terms of music. Votes: 0

Talk in terms of the other person's interests. Votes: 0

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms. Votes: 0

...i think of friendship in terms of love... Votes: 0

He who defines the terms, controls the debate. Votes: 0

I think we think in terms of stories. Votes: 0

I dont even think in terms of ambition. Votes: 0

I want to die on my own terms. Votes: 0

In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew. Votes: 0

Success is only measured in terms of JOY Votes: 0

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind. Votes: 0

In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings. Votes: 0

One must love a poet on its own terms. Votes: 0

In evolutionary terms, that means we asked for it. Votes: 0

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms. Votes: 0

No man can have society upon his own terms. Votes: 0

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. Votes: 0

I never like to use those terms [like pessimistic]. Votes: 0

Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

I want to live life on my own terms. Votes: 0

I work with nature, although in completely new terms. Votes: 0

Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites. Votes: 0

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. Votes: 0

In terms of adaptability, humans are pretty amazingly useless. Votes: 0

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms. Votes: 0

You get to define the terms of your life. Votes: 0

We see the world in terms of our theories. Votes: 0

Im never looking at life in terms of legacy. Votes: 0

Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility. Votes: 0

Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables. Votes: 0

In terms of being naked, I'm not very prudish. Votes: 0

Me and polite have never been on close terms. Votes: 0

The habits of the West in terms of consumption. Votes: 0

Acceptance, under someone else's terms, is worse than rejection. Votes: 0

Rama, Allah and God are to me convertible terms. Votes: 0

Production is something Ive never come to terms with. Votes: 0

In America, we're tired. We're exhausted in terms of nuclear. Votes: 0

Novel writing is World Building & Word Weaving (Neil Postman's terms). Votes: 0

At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice. Votes: 0

You can't explain the unknown in terms of the incomprehensible. Votes: 0

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. Votes: 0

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion? Votes: 0

Me and normal have never really been on speaking terms. Votes: 0

Engraving then, is, in brief terms, the Art of Scratch. Votes: 0

Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. Votes: 0

Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled... Votes: 0

I don't really think in terms of competing with myself. Votes: 0

Gatting at fine leg - that's a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

Russia is new in terms of nuclear. America is old. Votes: 0

You have to come to terms with loving your body. Votes: 0

Art is the terms of an armistice signed with fate. Votes: 0

I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses. Votes: 0

Accept life on life's terms and just let things go. Votes: 0

When you think, you think in terms of your culture. Votes: 0

If you wish to converse with me, define your terms. Votes: 0

To put it in musician's terms, my chops are good. Votes: 0

Always think in terms of what the other person wants. Votes: 0

I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur. Votes: 0

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. Votes: 0

I've come to terms with it, it knows I know. Votes: 0

I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling. Votes: 0

I'm on very good terms with all my former wives. Votes: 0

You can be sure that I won't experiment with right-wing terms. Votes: 0

If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms. Votes: 0

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety. Votes: 0

I shall never come personally to terms with the Christian lie. Votes: 0

You cannot have humane Zionism, it is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

Community colleges are the great American invention in terms of education, Votes: 0

Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms. Votes: 0

The abuse of terms has at all times been an evil. Votes: 0

Gravitation is, so far, not understandable in terms of other phenomena. Votes: 0

Moriarty is arguably the most famous super-villain in terms of literature. Votes: 0

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway. Votes: 0

I'm a complete democrat in terms of who buys my books. Votes: 0

I wanted success, but I wanted it on my own terms. Votes: 0

What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters. Votes: 0

I see things in terms of paint, all else is irrelevant. Votes: 0

"Religious Socialism," "Christian Socialism," are expressions implying a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

A gentleman with a pug nose is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton isn't that different from Obama in terms of policy. Votes: 0

If I lose, I lose. Ill do it on my terms. Votes: 0

For me to think in terms of employing security seems ostentatious. Votes: 0

In terms of, like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin. Votes: 0

If you think in positive terms, you will achieve positive results. Votes: 0

In terms of merchandise, you can't force anyone to buy something. Votes: 0

The history of life is written in terms of negative entropy. Votes: 0

We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms. Votes: 0

Fighters are fighters. We got each others backs in terms of support. Votes: 0

Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation. Votes: 0

Good and bad, I define these terms, quite clear, no doubt, somehow. Votes: 0

The successful cannot be unhappy -- it was a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

One thing I've learned: My intentions are clear in terms of quality. Votes: 0

People evaluate you in terms of how you handle things going forward. Votes: 0

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. Votes: 0

It is impossible to think of France except in terms of individuals. Votes: 0

Everything is always going through changes in terms of attitudes or mood. Votes: 0

Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected. Votes: 0

Musicians exist independent of any of the marketing terms or the categorization. Votes: 0

Premium will increasingly be defined in terms of sustainability and environmental compatibility Votes: 0

Traditional ways of distinguishing populations are irrelevant in terms of genetic code. Votes: 0

Everybody's vying for people's attention in terms of eyeballs, earholes, and dollars . Votes: 0

Multitude, solitude: equal and interchangeable terms for the active and prolific poet. Votes: 0

Any comparison diminishes the expressive qualities of the terms of the comparison. Votes: 0

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior Votes: 0

reach isn't describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it's simultaneous. Votes: 0

Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms. Votes: 0

In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys. Votes: 0

Human society is a ceaseless growth, and unfoldment in terms of spirituality. Votes: 0

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence. Votes: 0

Guilt serves a powerful social function in terms of policing our behavior. Votes: 0

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it." Votes: 0

In its present terms, the global system values property over human life. Votes: 0

Left to ourselves we tend immediately to reduce God to manageable terms. Votes: 0

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it. Votes: 0

Art is just as comprehensible as science, but in its own terms ... Votes: 0

Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms. Votes: 0

Greatness in the kingdom of God is measured in terms of obedience. Votes: 0

In terms of history and sports, I don't think people will forget. Votes: 0

I didn't really think in terms of clichés or non-clichés. Votes: 0

I'm certainly well taken care of in terms of food and clothes. Votes: 0

I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love. Votes: 0

I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war. Votes: 0

I am defining leadership in terms of the role, not the position. Votes: 0

I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though. Votes: 0

See nature in terms of the cone, the cylinder, and the sphere. Votes: 0

Second terms in the White House open the way for second thoughts. Votes: 0

I think about people and events in terms of archetypes a lot. Votes: 0

Being a leader is living life on your terms not getting followers Votes: 0

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. Votes: 0

A great matter calls her son with terms like deal, and love. Votes: 0

You find peace by coming to terms with what you don't know. Votes: 0

In terms of fear, I still am most afraid of Freddie Kruger. Votes: 0

In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale. Votes: 0

I'm a slave to my imagination in terms of making narrative films. Votes: 0

All statements are true, if you are free to redefine their terms. Votes: 0

Free verse is like free love; it is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

I am a big fan of music in terms of storytelling device. Votes: 0

The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all. Votes: 0

Poetry is the power of defining the indefinable in terms of the unforgettable. Votes: 0

He is inexperienced but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through. Votes: 0

Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs. Votes: 0

Till the enemy's weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms. Votes: 0

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. Votes: 0

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist. Votes: 0

I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build. Votes: 0

To talk about religion except in terms of human psychology is an irrelevance. Votes: 0

Hello God, if we are still on speaking terms, can you help me? Votes: 0

Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution. Votes: 0

Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it's popular, it's not culture. Votes: 0

Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms. Votes: 0

When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way. Votes: 0

The one thing I always talk about in terms of restaurants is consistency. Votes: 0

Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others. Votes: 0

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy. Votes: 0

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film. Votes: 0

Composers often think in terms of music and not of an instrument itself. Votes: 0

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone. Votes: 0

The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms. Votes: 0

I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

In media terms, the camera always lies, providing an edited version of reality. Votes: 0

What we put into the atmosphere in terms of burning fuel is unprecedented. Votes: 0

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Votes: 0

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better. Votes: 0

Art is the aesthetic ordering of experience to express meanings in symbolic terms. Votes: 0

A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem. Votes: 0

The governor has a role in terms of declaring a state of emergency. Votes: 0

I just live life on my own terms. And I smile a lot. Votes: 0

Think in terms of opportunities and solutions instead of problems, disappointment, and failure. Votes: 0

Most civilisations, perhaps, look shinier in general terms and from several light-years away. Votes: 0

An expropriating property protector (the state, through taxation) is a contradiction in terms Votes: 0

You can’t teach art, so ART SCHOOL is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

The Mozilla project is big in terms of lines of code and complexity. Votes: 0

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day. Votes: 0

We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's. Votes: 0

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Votes: 0

The goal isn't more money. The goal is living life on your terms. Votes: 0

We wanted peace and we wanted to come to terms with the Israelis. Votes: 0

I am pretty tenacious as a perfectionist in terms of getting something right. Votes: 0

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. Votes: 0

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms. Votes: 0

The business of life is learning that you can't lay down the terms. Votes: 0

I am who I am, in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally. Votes: 0

For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms. Votes: 0

Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities. Votes: 0

Everything is explicable in the terms of the behavior of a small child. Votes: 0

There were mysterious questions, but a mysterious answer was a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. Votes: 0

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins. Votes: 0

I write in the most distressingly slow way in terms of punctuation and grammar. Votes: 0

in terms of the biology of the planet, development is a euphemism for destruction. Votes: 0

America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation. Votes: 0

An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible. Votes: 0

Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales. Votes: 0

We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own. Votes: 0

How can what an Englishman believes be hearsay? It is a contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal. Votes: 0

Religion is an attempt, a noble attempt, to suggest in human terms more-than-human realities. Votes: 0

For me, clothes are kind of a character. They're more interesting in those terms. Votes: 0

India has now graduated from megawatts to gigawatts in terms of renewable energy production. Votes: 0

I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms. Votes: 0

The concept of free competition enforced by law is a grotesque contradiction in terms. Votes: 0

I don't think the Democrats should think in narrow tactical terms about mid-term elections. Votes: 0

All investors must come to terms with the relentless continuity of the investment process. Votes: 0

Remote control. Ingenious contradiction of terms. Fits like a handshake. Aims like a gun. Votes: 0

Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy. Votes: 0

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading. Votes: 0

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself. Votes: 0

In terms of economic growth, PIMCO originated the famous phrase the 'new normal.' Votes: 0

Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God. Votes: 0

I can't speak to how Michael [Douglas] approached it in terms of his process. Votes: 0

In terms of worship, I think we ought to have the right people leading. Votes: 0

I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms. Votes: 0

Fiat has a lot going for it in terms of design, technology and efficiency. Votes: 0

Formula one is very one-dimensional in terms of what we do in the cockpit. Votes: 0

The aim of mathematics is to explain as much as possible in simple terms. Votes: 0

I think in terms of rhyme, and have since I was six years old, Votes: 0

Failure can be bought on easy terms; success must be paid for in advance Votes: 0

Wembley way is beginning to blacked with people in terms of red and blue Votes: 0

I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine. Votes: 0

You want to live the dream? You do what you want on your terms. Votes: 0

I always tried to make a diverse album in terms of emotions and sounds. Votes: 0

With a bike you go from zero to a hundred in terms of mobility. Votes: 0

As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms. Votes: 0

We need to reorient people in terms of what real success is all about. Votes: 0

The Klan sees the world in terms of race and ethnicity. So do Liberals Votes: 0

I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.' Votes: 0

They have more ability in the middle of the field in terms of ability Votes: 0

Shambhala can be relevant in terms of what is going on in the world. Votes: 0

Hopefully one day I can be up there with Peyton in terms of history. Votes: 0

I've found my true calling in life, and I'm living life on my terms. Votes: 0

We risk losing what nature is if we couch its value in human terms. Votes: 0

Boring' can be a lot of fun. Especially if it's on your own terms. Votes: 0

We risk losing what nature is if we couch its value in human terms. Votes: 0

I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time. Votes: 0

The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running. Votes: 0

Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness. Votes: 0

A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral. Votes: 0

Why when people are on their deathbed, they finally come to terms with life? Votes: 0

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality. Votes: 0

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. Votes: 0

It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children. Votes: 0

I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity. Votes: 0

In volume terms, the Tasmanian wine industry is as tiny as its potential is large. Votes: 0

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk. Votes: 0

What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch. Votes: 0

Sir Brian told him in fulsome scatological terms what he could do with his lineage. Votes: 0

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is. Votes: 0

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. Votes: 0

A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically. Votes: 0

In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long. Votes: 0

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director. Votes: 0

Our company is very diversified, both in terms of geography and in terms of products. Votes: 0

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution. Votes: 0

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution Votes: 0

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent. Votes: 0

Search engines generally treat personal names as search terms like any others: Data is data. Votes: 0

I just do what everybody asks me to do, in terms of media and stuff. Votes: 0

If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken. Votes: 0

The real truth, I thought, in terms of what faith is and what Christianity is. Votes: 0

I can't talk you in terms of time --your time and my time are different Votes: 0

When you're born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability to understand God's terms. Votes: 0

I am hopeful that the pendulum swings toward seeing immigrants in favorable terms once more. Votes: 0

Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now. Votes: 0

The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms. Votes: 0

Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for Votes: 0

General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out! Votes: 0

I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard. Votes: 0

I am at war with the living, I have come to terms with the dead. Votes: 0

The benefits of science are not to be reckoned only in terms of the physical. Votes: 0

India is going to be the 21st century's Saudi Arabia in terms of human resources Votes: 0

Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in. Votes: 0

But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine. Votes: 0

More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament. Votes: 0

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority. Votes: 0

No man is poor in real terms, because every man owns a great treasure: Existence! Votes: 0

The role of architecture, in terms of communication, is not going to drastically change either. Votes: 0

The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money. Votes: 0

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority. Votes: 0

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. Votes: 0

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority. Votes: 0

The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms. Votes: 0

Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect. Votes: 0

People tend to prefer their own race online in terms of the volume of messages. Votes: 0

We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. Votes: 0

Im attracted to the things that people throw away - the shadow goods, in Jungian terms. Votes: 0

I'm attracted to the things that people throw away - the shadow goods, in Jungian terms. Votes: 0

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms. Votes: 0

Bull riding is probably the most dangerous sport in the world in terms of head injuries. Votes: 0

In absolute terms, we may have to look at restricting the number of flights people take. Votes: 0

The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women. Votes: 0

I don’t think Will Herondale and a sense of responsibility are even on speaking terms Votes: 0

There is far less to the Presidency, in terms of essential activity, than meets the eye. Votes: 0

For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world. Votes: 0

There are some things I'd like to get into in terms of what's important to me. Votes: 0

Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving. Votes: 0

Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence. Votes: 0

Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton. Votes: 0

The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another. Votes: 0

I am for making of terms annual, and for sending an entire new set every year. Votes: 0

Minimum wage laws have never worked in terms of having the middle class attain more prosperity. Votes: 0

Auto designers usually have to think in terms of the standard categories: SUV, sports car, etc. Votes: 0

Education and the workforce: I think these two things go together in terms of human potential. Votes: 0

There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless. Votes: 0

I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups. Votes: 0

In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness. Votes: 0

The Gold Rush and the Pony Express made Sacramento a substantial place in terms of enterprise. Votes: 0

The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content. Votes: 0

For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas. Votes: 0

Any attempt to define literary theory in terms of a distinctive method is doomed to failure. Votes: 0

There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point. Votes: 0

A lot of my pieces are about easy seductiveness and accessibility in terms of showing skin. Votes: 0

I think we have got to start thinking about banding together in terms of interested groups. Votes: 0

As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make. Votes: 0

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. Votes: 0

That was the problem with love. It never happened on your terms, it happened on theirs. Votes: 0

In terms of justice, the most important thing is not to be part of organized crime. Votes: 0

Don't think of God in terms of forms, because forms are limited and God is unlimited. Votes: 0

I never pump up my vulgarity. I wait for it to arrive in its own terms. Votes: 0

We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss. Votes: 0

I came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures. Votes: 0

If you're 0-0 down, there's no-one better to get you back on terms than Ian Wright. Votes: 0

If you will scoff at language study how, save in terms of language, will you scoff? Votes: 0

In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession. Votes: 0

Some people find it hard to come to terms with the fact that everyone is different Votes: 0

We only begin to live life when we learn to accept it on its own terms. Votes: 0

In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do. Votes: 0

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Votes: 0

Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. Votes: 0

So, I don't work in terms of real time. I don't work in a timely fashion. Votes: 0

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out. Votes: 0

I'd rather frame [Clintons] in terms of what I think we need to do going forward. Votes: 0

Describe your product in terms of what it does not in terms of what it is. Votes: 0

I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. Votes: 0

As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently. Votes: 0

I think that people have great anger over what happened in 2008 in terms of the economy. Votes: 0

It matters less to venerate things than to live with them on terms of good friendship. Votes: 0

I think about my own daily choices every day in terms of how to find happiness. Votes: 0

Animals don't think in terms of victims and villains, or good and bad, or evil, or shame. Votes: 0

I think America as a whole has come more to terms with separating war from the warrior. Votes: 0

My sister Kim is like Lucille Ball. She's magical in terms of her performance and her writing. Votes: 0

Of course, I'm sour that if (retirement) happens, I didn't get to quit on my own terms. Votes: 0

Whatever the world dishes up, we take it on--not on our own terms, but on the world's. Votes: 0

Ben was really a contrarian but he didn't use those terms because he was really buying value. Votes: 0

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do. Votes: 0

Success is nothing more than living your life according to your own truth and your own terms. Votes: 0

I don't understand some people, using biblical terms to criticize me when this is just a game. Votes: 0

Our country is losing so much in terms of energy, in terms of paying off our debt. Votes: 0

If global extinction is to be avoided, woman must unite and come to terms with their destiny. Votes: 0

In terms of broadcasting, you have to make decisions about where you want to spend your time. Votes: 0

It's amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important. Votes: 0

Men are not on such intimate terms with the sublime that they really can believe in it Votes: 0

I don't think of the note in technical terms. I sing the emotion that I am feeling. Votes: 0

In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all! Votes: 0

Focus on your customers and make that restaurant synonymous to where you are in terms of area. Votes: 0

My ideas tend to be either really big in terms of like, the logistics, or really small. Votes: 0

To think of your creations in terms of better or worse- big mistake. They are your children. Votes: 0

I'll be a role model on my terms, but don't make a role model on your terms. Votes: 0

Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry. Votes: 0

In terms of fast food and deep understanding of the culture of fast food, I'm your man. Votes: 0

I want to end my career on my terms, not on what people think I should do. Votes: 0

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives. Votes: 0

If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not. Votes: 0

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. Votes: 0

Will Fortune never come with both hands full, But write her fair words still in foulest terms? Votes: 0

In terms of my own film experience, I'm definitely used to morose and very heavy, heavy dramas. Votes: 0

Air power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms. Votes: 0

But coming to terms with one's sorrow is one thing; sharing it with strangers is quite another. Votes: 0

I don't like modeling, but in terms of the places I got to visit, it was great. Votes: 0

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding. Votes: 0

How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety? Votes: 0

I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life. Votes: 0

I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination. Votes: 0

I have no clue what a 'hottie' is. To think of myself in those terms is absurd. Votes: 0

In terms of having high hopes that the level of consciousness will get higher and higher, yeah. Votes: 0

Its amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important. Votes: 0

Sitting in stillness has got to be the greatest asset I have in terms of attaining happiness. Votes: 0

I think as women and men become more conscious, the terms "woman/man" begin to lose meaning. Votes: 0

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world. Votes: 0

If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way. Votes: 0

That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society. Votes: 0

Too many women have given up the power over the years because men have created the terms. Votes: 0

My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others. Votes: 0

Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms. Votes: 0

America is a very seductive place in terms of lifestyle and comfort, but it wasn't for me. Votes: 0

The City is, in terms of its basic functioning, a far-off country of which we know little. Votes: 0

You control the terms of the conflict. Make them play your game. Don't try to play theirs. Votes: 0

I think it's a terrible mistake to only think in terms of a degree "buying" you something. Votes: 0

A covenant is an agreement between God and man, an accord whose terms are set by God. Votes: 0

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms. Votes: 0

What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms? Votes: 0

Sleep is not on good terms with broken hearts. It will have nothing to do with them. Votes: 0

You don't have to keep looking at the future foreign policy in terms, simply, of the past. Votes: 0

Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance. Votes: 0

Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God. Votes: 0

That should be something that an artist can respond to as well in terms of a painting. Votes: 0

Everything we do we should look at in terms of millions of people who can't afford it. Votes: 0

I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. Votes: 0

In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics - I'm not a snob like that. Votes: 0

In terms of the spaceship Earth, the wrong crew is in command, and it's time for a mutiny. Votes: 0

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people. Votes: 0

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract. Votes: 0

A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy Votes: 0

In the terms of 'Mental Illness' Isn't stable a place they put horses that wish to run free? Votes: 0

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor. Votes: 0

I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved. Votes: 0

If you want freedom you have to come to terms with being okay in the now doing nothing. Votes: 0

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid. Votes: 0

I don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth. Votes: 0

I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way. Votes: 0

I have my own goals in my head in terms of things that would be great to happen. Votes: 0

If there was any one achievement, it would be that we've have done it on our own terms. Votes: 0

I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility. Votes: 0

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. Votes: 0

Each record in the 'Book of Angels' series is meant to be unique in terms of the compositions. Votes: 0

In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics - Im not a snob like that. Votes: 0

Take life on life's terms - one day at a time. And have fun while you're doing it. Votes: 0

I don't use those terms [like Uncle Tom], and I would never speak in that kind of language. Votes: 0

I do think the standards of the media have dropped to an all-time low in terms of credibility. Votes: 0

I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing. Votes: 0

What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms. Votes: 0

I myself know some people who are gay. We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way. Votes: 0

The way you get deals done and the way you get good terms, is to have a competitive situation. Votes: 0

I'm very eclectic in terms of what I like, what I read, what I watch, my own consumer behavior. Votes: 0

I am hesitant to say this about [Barack] Obama. Obama is a bad man in terms of the Constitution. Votes: 0

I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes. Votes: 0

Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service wins the game. Votes: 0

I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste. Votes: 0

I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me. Votes: 0

I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace. Votes: 0

Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader. Votes: 0

One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all. Votes: 0

Once I turned 35, I got the bonus of some wisdom and began to accept life on its own terms. Votes: 0

Every girl I've ever dated I have respect for, and I always try to leave them in good terms. Votes: 0

Fargo' was the turnaround for me, in terms of film, because it was a part; it wasn't a line. Votes: 0

In terms of a character, I would love to play a fairy. I think that would be really fun. Votes: 0

For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have. Votes: 0

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own. Votes: 0

I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek. Votes: 0

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success. Votes: 0

This must be a gift book. That is to say a book, which you wouldn't take on any other terms. Votes: 0

No man can claim to be free in real terms unless he is fully in control of his own destiny! Votes: 0

The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me. Votes: 0

I really don't think about my career, in terms of planning it out and what any role does for me. Votes: 0

I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability. Votes: 0

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job. Votes: 0

Actually, I think my hands are in the best shape they've ever been in terms of what I can do. Votes: 0

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it. Votes: 0

It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms. Votes: 0

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool. Votes: 0

I had to come to terms with my failure as an artist... I had to find a way for myself. Votes: 0

So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms. Votes: 0

The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system of justice. Votes: 0