(2850 quotes found)
“War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Peace is a natural effect of trade”
Charles de Montesquieu
“I am a royalist by trade”
Joseph II of Austria
“I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment”
George Washington
“Who has a trade may go anywhere.”
Spanish Proverb
“Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony with that big hammer slams it on the head of the person who lost the most money that day”
George Carlin
“Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up -- from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's OK You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.”
Vince Lombardi
“Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.”
William Faulkner
“Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.”
Marilyn vos Savant
