Congratulations Quotes - Page 11

• The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

  Aesop

  Success, Kindness, Kids

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• It's a weird age. They're like, 'Amy, I'm pregnant.' And I still don't know whether to be like, 'Congratulations,' or 'Do you need a ride?

  Amy Schumer

  Age, Needs, Amy

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• I never give anyone just one congratulation. Congratulations are always plural. They are similar to grapes.

  Demetri Martin

  Giving, Grapes, Just One

  Twitter post from Jul 16, 2013

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• Congratulations to Saddam Hussein on being elected to another seven-year term. It was very close. He received 99 percent of the vote, and one percent of the vote went for last-minute candidate Frank Lautenberg.

  David Letterman

  Years, Hussein, Lasts

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• Congratulations to whoever is finally booking music we love. It's going to get us out of the house after dark!

  Bob Hope

  Dark, House

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• The poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing the left to indulge in self-congratulation as people who 'care.' But, if they really cared, they would want to know what the facts are and what the actual consequences of their various nostrums are.

  Thomas Sowell

  Self, Indulge In, People

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• Congratulations to President Obama on being reelected president of the United States. Turns out it is not all bad news for the Republicans. It seems that depression is covered by Obamacare.

  Jay Leno

  Obamacare, President, United States

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• Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound of the Choir can move and uplift and restore spirits like no other sound. Masters of their craft, each and every singer plays a vital role in helping maintain such a fantastic musical tradition. Long may the Choir prosper and continue to the delight of audiences around the world.

  David Jason

  Uplifting, Moving, Grief

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• An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

  Fred Allen

  Life, Success, Boys

  Fred Allen (2008). “Much Ado About Me”, p.215, Wildside Press LLC

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• It is the success which makes great men.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Great Men

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

  Ann Landers

  Adversity, Honor, Might

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• There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is where to look for the cause of bad blunders - in the exulting feeling of self-congratulation.

  Alexander Kotov

  Mistake, Self, Feelings

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• I have a problem with that silver medal. It's like, 'Congratulation s, you almost won. Of all the losers, you're the number one loser. No one lost ahead of you.'

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Numbers, Loser, Problem

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• Larry Carlton is an incredibly versatile guitarist who has been a major force for guitar for many years. He is easily recognizable - all you have to do is hear him once and from that point on you'll be a fan, just like me. It gives me great pleasure to extend congratulations to Larry on his 2011 George Benson Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations !

  George Benson

  Years, Awards, Guitar

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• Congratulation s to Rahm Emanuel on being elected mayor of Chicago. His first order of business after taking office will be to actually move to Chicago.

  Jay Leno

  Moving, Order, Office

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• There is little to compare with the thrill of standing next to the creature in the winner's enclosure avoiding his hooves and receiving the congratulations of the press, your trainer and friends who backed it. What makes the experience so satisfying is that you, the owner, have had absolutely nothing to do with the horse winning.

  Robert Morley

  Horse, Winning, Racing

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• Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

  Sarah Bernhardt

  Intellectual, Inspired, Incessant

  Sarah Bernhardt (1924). “The Art of the Theatre”

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• Congratulations!
  If I may be so bold
  Only 40 years to go
  Before you're a century old
  Just saying

  John Walter Bratton

  Birthday, Years, May

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• Congratulations on turning 60
  Now you can wear what you like
  No one cares, and more particularly
  You're fine telling 'em 'Take a hike'

  John Walter Bratton

  Birthday, Ems, Care

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• This is a very insulting tribute
  But take it in good heart
  Congratulations Mom and Dad
  You've reached Silver together...apart
  Lots of love etc

  John Walter Bratton

  Anniversary, Mom, Dad

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• In 1986, our commencement speaker was George Schultz, secretary of state, fourth in line to the president. You get me-basic cable's second most popular fake newsman. At this rate, the class of 2021 will be addressed by a zoo parrot in a mortar-board that has been trained to say "congratulations.

  Stephen Colbert

  Zoos, Class, Funny Graduation

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• That's a big lava lamp. Congratulations.

  Mitt Romney

  Awkward, Lava Lamps, Bigs

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• Stella: I got a nose for trouble. I can smell it ten miles away... I can smell trouble right here in this apartment. First you smash your leg. Then you get to lookin' out the window. See things you shouldn't see. Trouble. I can see you in court now, surrounded by a bunch of lawyers in double-breasted suits. You're pleading: 'Judge, it was only a little bit of innocent fun. I love my neighbors like a father.' And the Judge says, 'Well, congratulations, you've just given birth to three years in Dannemora.'

  Thelma Ritter

  Love, Fun, Father

  "Fictional character: Stella". "Rear Window", 1954.

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• To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest decency. But it is from the far more difficult achievement of seeing ourselves amongst others, as a local example of the forms human life has locally taken, a case among cases, a world among worlds, that the largeness of mind, without which objectivity is self-congratulation and tolerance a sham, comes.

  Clifford Geertz

  Life, Nature, Taken

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• Charity is never so lovely as when one has lost consciousness that one is practicing charity. 'You mean I helped you? I was enjoying myself. I was just doing my dance. It helped you, that's wonderful. Congratulations to you. No credit to me.

  Anthony de Mello

  Mean, Lovely, Charity

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.146, Image

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