For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself. Rita Mae Brown
People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.
The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work ot make it better.
Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.
This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.
To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.
I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can't say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something.
Make love to me like you know I am better than the worst thing I ever did.
Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.
I want to play a princess or some woman from royalty or aristocracy. If I get to have an accent, even better. And I want to play a butt-kicking superhero, like Catwoman.
Love is not healthy when it always feels good, that's why there's always pains and disappointments. Love gets better when it is balanced.
The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.
You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.
I've been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.
I think I'm better than I was in my younger days, because I'm exploring deep lyrical material, and I've been sober for a while now.
Everyone loves to fly, and flying underwater is even better than flying in air because there are things around you.
. . . You are good. But is is not enough to be good. You must be good for something. The world must be a better place for your presence and the good that is in you must be spread to others.
It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it.
I don't do it for Michael. I do it for them." "Them?" "People." "They're broken! Flawed!" "Yes, but some of them try to do better. Try to forgive.