Finals Quotes - Page 3

• Forgiveness is the final form of love.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Love, Forgiveness, Philosophical

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• Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Sports, Humor

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• In every interview I have ever read or seen or taken part in, the final question in our future-oriented society is always, What next?

  Jessica Savitch

  Taken, Literature, Next

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.

  Billy Sunday

  Tombstone, Behind You, Headstone

  Billy Sunday, William Thomas Ellis (1917). “Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message: With His Own Words which Have Won Thousands for Christ”

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• I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

  Billy Wilder

  Cutting, Nine, Firsts

  "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners" by Geoff Tibballs, (p. 206), 2004.

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• My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.

  Daphne Zuniga

  Mom, Sarcastic, Sunday

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• Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

  Frederic Chopin

  Music, Art, Simple

  "If Not God, Then What? Neuroscience, Aesthetics, and the Origins of the Transcendent". Book by Joshua Fost (p. 93), November 16, 2007.

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• If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

  Harri Holkeri

  Inspirational, Tables, Negotiation

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• Death is the final wake-up call.

  Douglas Horton

  Death, Morning, Dying

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• The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.

  Edwin Markham

  Stars, Good Life, Brotherhood

  Edwin Markham, Ben Barr Lindsey, George Creel, Leonore MacKay (1914). “Children in Bondage: A Complete and Careful Presentation of the Anxious Problem of Child Labor-its Causes, Its Crimes, and Its Cure”

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• I wanted to be in a band that gave bang for the buck. I wanted to be in the band who didn't look like a bunch of guys who, you know, should be in a library studying for their finals.

  Gene Simmons

  Guy, Progress, Library

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• The Finals are about a test of wills.

  Bill Laimbeer

  Basketball, Tests

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• Life is a continuity always and always. There is no final destination it is going towards. Just the pilgrimage, just the journey in itself is life, not reaching to some point, no goal - just dancing and being in pilgrimage, moving joyously, without bothering about any destination.

  Rajneesh

  Moving, Journey, Dancing

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• Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.

  Helen Keller

  Law, Perfect, Fruit

  Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.153, Matthew Gordon

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.

  Martina Hingis

  Thinking, Victory, Three

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• In that match for Holland I asked for a big responsibility, I got it and I dealt with it. I played well, I scored goals and the team qualified for the Euro 2004 finals. It was a big night and an important moment for Holland.

  Ruud van Nistelrooy

  Sports, Team, Responsibility

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• No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.

  Lynn Abbey

  Typewriters, Trying, Use

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• I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Bible, Witty

  "George Carlin, R.I.P." by David Gibson, www.beliefnet.com. June 2008.

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• In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Strength, Peace, War

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953”, p.5, Best Books on

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• The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Lying, Greatness, Criticism

  "A Message to Garcia: And Other Classic Success Writings".

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• I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be.

  Sean Paul

  Kids, Thinking, Assessment

  "Reasoning with Sean Paul". Interview with Laura Gardner, jahworks.org. October 01, 2002.

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• The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.

  Vladimir Putin

  People, Choices, Provocative

  "Putin in Brazil for Space Talks". Interview with Brazilian media, news.bbc.co.uk. November 22, 2004.

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• In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.

  Susan Sontag

  Art, Style, Analysis

  Susan Sontag (1983). “A Susan Sontag reader”, Vintage

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• In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Stupid, Philosophical, Las Vegas

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

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