You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.
I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that it amounts almost to outright insult.
Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.
Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.
Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.
I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
Intentions alone amount to nought. It's in action, not inaction that we can become all we can be
Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.
Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.
Waiting around to be perfect never amounts to anything. Don't be a waiter or you'll be serving other people.
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.
Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.
No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
Strength is not defined by the load you bear, it’s defined by the amount you can bend before breaking.
All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story.
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
Korea's early repayment of the full amount of loans from the IMF is a major milestone.
My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
