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Quality Quotes

"I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about me called it scarlet fever, and its very name seemed to have a diabolical quality."

"I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about me called it scarlet fever, and its very name seemed to have a diabolical quality."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Quality, Illness, Memory, Name

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"And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring."

"And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Quality, Boss, Being

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"It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives."

"It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives."

Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman

Quality, Enjoyment, Learning

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"It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things."

"It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things."

Rube Goldberg, American Cartoonist

Quality, Public

15

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

"The difference between style and fashion is quality."

Giorgio Armani, Italian Designer

Quality, Difference, Fashion, Style

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"Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now."

"Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

Quality, Man, Now, Respect

15

"The temporal quality of all things was being firmly impressed upon me."

"The temporal quality of all things was being firmly impressed upon me."

George Peppard, American Actor

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"The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best."

"The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Quality, Achievement, Accomplishments, Man

15

"To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy."

"To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy."

Irving Babbitt, American Critic

Quality, Democracy, Quantity, Saying

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"Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent."

"Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

Quality, Patience

15

"Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class."

"Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class."

Garth Brooks, American Musician

Quality, Hope, Class

14

"My worst quality is impatience."

"My worst quality is impatience."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Quality, Impatience

14

"There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it the brain and the hand would be helpless."

"There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it the brain and the hand would be helpless."

Gertrude Jekyll, British Celebrity

Quality, Respect, Tools

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"Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential."

"Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

Quality, Development, Growth, Being

14

"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Quality, Disney, Trying

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"What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?"

"What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?"

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

Quality, Innovation, Quantity, Years

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"A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event."

"A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event."

Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete

Quality, Day, End, Fun

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"I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies to disclose information about prices and quality of healthcare services."

"I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies to disclose information about prices and quality of healthcare services."

Timothy Murphy, American Soldier

Quality, Healthcare, Information, Order

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"Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce."

"Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates for oneself and wishes to reproduce."

Robert Fitzgerald, American Author

Quality, Language, Poems, Wishes

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"The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium at different times; it must be attributed in the best cases physiologically to the medium, intellectually to the control."

"The amount of sophistication varies according to the quality of the medium, and to the state of the same medium at different times; it must be attributed in the best cases physiologically to the medium, intellectually to the control."

Oliver Joseph Lodge, English Physicist

Quality, Control, Sophistication, State

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"I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality."

"I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality."

Eva Green, French Actress

13

"I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening."

"I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening."

Robert Fripp, English Musician

Quality, Listening

13

"If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity."

"If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity."

Emile Zola, French Novelist

Quality, Quantity, Will

13

"We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood."

"We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood."

Gavin Newsom, American Politician

Quality, Development, Character

13

"Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers."

"Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers."

Jimmy Breslin, American Entertainer

Quality, Newspapers, Writing

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"Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric."

"Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric."

Phil Crosby, American Author

Quality, Environment, Result

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"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

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"Quality has to be caused, not controlled."

"Quality has to be caused, not controlled."

Phil Crosby, American Author

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"The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources - are not about monetary policy."

"The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources - are not about monetary policy."

Timothy Geithner, American Public Servant

Quality, Policy, Achievement, Income

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"When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions."

"When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions."

Robert Jackson, American Statesman

Quality, Books, Court, Opinions

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"In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image quality so that the risk from a false negative was significant."

"In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image quality so that the risk from a false negative was significant."

John Cameron, American Scientist

Quality, Negative, Poor, Risk

13

"My favourite quality workout is 6 X 5 minutes with 1 minute rest between each."

"My favourite quality workout is 6 X 5 minutes with 1 minute rest between each."

Jonathan Brown, American Athlete

13

"In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help."

"In a Glasser Quality School there is no such thing as a closed book test. Students are told to get out their notes and open their books. There is no such thing as being forbidden to ask the teacher or another student for help."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

Quality, Being, Books, Forbidden

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"The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say."

"The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say."

Ramsey Clark, American Public Servant

Quality, Measure, Public

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"People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything."

"People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything."

Moliere, French Playwright

Quality, People

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"Quality input determines a quality output and feedback."

"Quality input determines a quality output and feedback."

Ikechukwu Joseph, Nigerian Motivational Speaker

Quality, Work, Excellence, Discipline

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"What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity."

"What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity."

Giovanni Ribisi, American Actor

Quality, Celebrity, Danger

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"I listen to everything that comes in. I'm not real worried about demo sound quality. I can hear through that sort of thing. If a band can play, then they can play."

"I listen to everything that comes in. I'm not real worried about demo sound quality. I can hear through that sort of thing. If a band can play, then they can play."

Greg Ginn, American Musician

Quality, Play, Sound

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"Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being."

"Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being."

Dale Turner, American Musician

Quality, Being, Influence, Shadow

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"The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes."

"The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

Quality, Control

13

"If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect."

"If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Quality, Echo, Effect, Trees

12

"I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it."

"I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it."

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Quality, Character, Challenge

12

"Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks."

"Even with the quality of players that we have, they're an extremely hard side to break down and once they get on top of you, you find it difficult to stem the flow of attacks."

Frank Lampard, English Athlete

12

"I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie."

"I wanted it to be like a high quality, drive-in movie."

Rob Zombie, American Musician

12

"Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently."

"Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself. And so I make reference to and acknowledge things that I feel have been dismissed, trying to restate those musical and cultural elements clearly and vehemently."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Quality, Trying, Will

12

"I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world."

"I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Quality, Cinema, Effect, Now

12

"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own."

"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Quality, Faults, Fool, Forget

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"In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then."

"In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Quality, Now, Words

12

"The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality."

"The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality."

Robert Wyatt, English Musician

12

"Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars."

"Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars."

Jared Diamond, American Author

Quality, People, Driving, Now

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