Caliber Quotes - Page 2

• To my mind ClickThings, and John Underwood are world champion caliber, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to partner with them.

  Boomer Esiason

  Opportunity, Champion, Mind

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• People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber, tend to take it for granted that human nature is selfish and that life is a struggle in which only the fittest may survive. According to this philosophy, the basic law by which man must live, in spite of his surface veneer of civilization, is the law of the jungle. The "fittest" are those who can bring to the struggle superior force, superior cunning, and superior ruthlessness.

  S. I. Hayakawa

  Philosophy, Selfish, Struggle

  "Language in Thought and Action". Book by S. I. Hayakawa (p. 8), 1949.

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• When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.

  Thomas Sowell

  Leadership, Successful, Years

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• Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Country, Winning, Zest

  Woodrow Wilson (1961). “Constitutional Government in the United States”, p.68, Transaction Publishers

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• I grew up watching my Dad, Uncles Ciaran Murray and Brendan Murray, and cousin, Aedin Murray, who were all national caliber Gaelic football players in Ireland. I try to watch as much Gaelic football as I can, it is my first love. I bleed Green, White, and Orange. Gaelic football players don’t get paid to play, you play to represent your county that is more important than earning money.

  Patrick Murray

  Football, Cousin, Uncles

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• I would just like to see hip-hop journalism in general take a step up and match the artistry. There have been great writers in music who are the caliber of artist as a writer as the people that they're covering.

  Brother Ali

  Artist, People, Hip Hop

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I've never met anyone who has convinced me to say, "No, I'm not gonna take the next Spielberg film, I think I'll stay here and have a baby." I've never met anyone of that caliber.

  Stephanie Zimbalist

  Baby, Thinking, Next

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• By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Jesus, Meditation, India

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• One of my favorite writers is short story writer/essayist Jorge Luis Borges, who was blind. I'm not claiming to be anything remotely resembling a talent of Borges' caliber, but he is an inspiration and a proof that one can be a meaningful and successful writer while blind.

  Larry Howes

  Meaningful, Inspiration, Successful

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• I want to collaborate with me 'cause I've done so many collaborations that after a certain point unless you're really working with a certain caliber of an artist, there's no point [to collaborate].

  Mariah Carey

  Artist, Causes, Collaboration

  "Mariah Carey Dishes On 40 Things You Need To Know About Her". Interview with Brian Galindo, www.buzzfeed.com. June 3, 2015.

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• Just enough sense to stick with something-a chore, task, project, until its completed pays off much better than idle intelligence, even if idle intelligence be of genius caliber.

  David J. Schwartz

  Tasks, Genius, Pay

  David J Schwartz (2016). “The Magic of Thinking Big”, p.31, Random House

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• Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.

  Gloria Estefan

  Cds, Together, Musician

  Reuters, July 23, 2007.

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• Russell... I love you. I thank you so much man. You made me better. You know, Your work ethic. I always wanted to compete with you. I always wanted to pull up into the parking lot of the practice facility, And if you beat me there, I was always upset. I always wanted to outwork you. And you set the bar. You set the tone. And thank you so much man. Thank you. You had a big piece of this MVP trophy. You're an MVP caliber player It's a blessing to play with you man.

  Kevin Durant

  Love You, Blessing, Player

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• The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a developing actor.

  Graham Phillips

  Actors, Phenomenal, Bases

  "‘The Good Wife’: Graham Phillips Stirs Up Trouble" by Chris Harnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2012.

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• Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.

  Andy Stanley

  Leader, Development, Strategy

  Twitter post from Jun 10, 2014

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• You can't measure dreams when you're a dreamer, because most often the caliber is unattainable.

  Adamo Macri

  Dream, Dreamer, Unattainable

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• I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion.

  Kate Chopin

  Men, Ordinary, Devotion

  Kate Chopin (1899). “The Awakening”, p.211

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• My skills are not of the highest caliber, but I know a thing or two, and I occasionally produce a painting that contains passages of truth and beauty.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Skills, Two, Painting

  Interview With Simmons B. Buntin, www.terrain.org.

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• I'm a perfectionist, so doing a high quality, high caliber television show with great actors makes me feel like there's this whole world of television that I've never experienced.

  Vinessa Shaw

  Quality, Actors, Television

  Source: collider.com

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• The fact Jeff Teague has never been an All-Star is puzzling to me because he's certainly an All-Star-caliber player.

  Frank Vogel

  Stars, Player, Facts

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• You know I grew up on the Batman movies, and they had some terrific actors in, but you know a lot of the other ones - it wasn't always the case that you had people the caliber of Jeff Bridges or Robert Downey, so to kind of show up and work with Jeremy Renner or Robert or with Mark Ruffalo, any of them, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, the caliber of people you're acting with, to me, is really fun. From the first day I started doing scenes with Robert, it's been one of the funnest experiences I've ever had.

  Clark Gregg

  Fun, Bridges, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't abuse my body, I've been off 10 months, I still train and I'm always thinking about boxing, so I felt like I would be fine and I just wanted to challenge myself against another top caliber fighter.

  Andre Ward

  Motivation, Thinking, Boxing

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• Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

  Matthew Lillard

  Character, Cutting, Past

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I started The Runaways with Sandy West. We shared the dream of girls playing rock and roll. Sandy was an exuberant and powerful drummer. So underrated, she was the caliber of John Bonham. I am overcome from the loss of my friend. I always told her, we changed the world.

  Joan Jett

  Girl, Dream, Powerful

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• When one gets reports from scientists, engineers and technicians whose credibility by all common standards is high and whose moral caliber seems to preclude a hoax, one can do no less than hear them out, in all seriousness.

  J. Allen Hynek

  Hoaxes, Moral, Common

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