Quotes of: The-best-policy Keyword

The human mind was a devious organ, however, and it chiseled in stone that which would be best left unrecalled.

The Front Porch Prophet

...they say a reformed roue makes the best husband, but, Oh! Didn't they tell you? Monsters can't be reformed...

A Familiar Rain

Don’t you think it’s a bad sign that your best argument for your beau is that nothing has been proved in court?

Firebug

Not too bad, reminds me of some kind of meat dip, best if you close your eyes and pretend it's something else.

Fearless

Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.

In the Forests of Serre

Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.

The Forsyte Saga

It's best to let her go," he says. No, no, that's wrong. It's never right to give up on someone.

Fever

Like the playwrights of the Absurd, Woolrich recognized that a senseless story best mirrors a senseless existence.

The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich

Bod shrugged. "So?" he said. "It's only death. I mean, all of my best friends are dead.

The Graveyard Book

…numerical precision is the very soul of science, and its attainment affords the best, perhaps the only criterion of the truth of theories and the correctness of experiments.

On Growth and Form

Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends.

The Glass Bead Game

I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

The Great Gatsby

It 'appens to be true. An' if'n yew want ter stay moi friend, yew'd best 'old yer turpitudinous twaddle of a tongue an' listen fer once.

Gang Loyalty

It's Survival of Them Who's Best at Nicking Things, girl!

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Revenge is like sex, Mister Dresden. It's best when it comes on slow, quiet, until it all seems inexorable.

Grave Peril

Democracy; Everyone's opinion is required! Autocracy; Someone's opinion is the best! Christocracy; What Christ said is FINAL!

The Great Hand Book of Quotes

It was one of those late summer days trying its best to convince everyone that winter would never seep through and ravage the earth.

Girl on a Train

Chronology of any event worked best in obituaries. It had no place in the world of sentiment, where memories, ideas and assumptions co-existed side by side.

The Governess

The best leaders want to leverage all the capabilities of the people in their organization.

The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow

The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are.

Alice in Wonderland