An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
Mae West
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ELBERT HUBBARD An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance. - Nolan's / Peter's Placebo.
UNKNOWN In a thousand pounds of law there is not an ounce of love.
JOHN RAY We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of pre...
DAVID AGUS An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
SPANISH PROVERB An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.
MICHAEL KORDA An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.
DANISH PROVERB An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
PROVERB An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
PROVERB An ounce of intuition is worth a pound of tuition.
SOURCE UNKNOWN An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
HENRY DE BRACTON An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
FREDERIC R. MARVIN An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
RUDYARD KIPLING An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
RICHARD BAXTER An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
ELBERT GREEN HUBBARD An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
ELBERT HUBBARD An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
FRIEDRICH ENGELS An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
RICHARD BAXTER An ounce of wit is worth a pound of argument
SYDNEY SMITH An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest
SPANISH PROVERB An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
MICHAEL KORDA An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
MAHATMA GANDHI An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
PROVERB An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
SPANISH PROVERB An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO A plumber's idea of Cleopatra [Mae West].
W. C. FIELDS An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.
HENRY DE BRACTON An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.
ERNST F. SCHUMACHER An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away. ~Mae West
LAINA CHARLESTON An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
THOMAS FULLER An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with
THOMAS FULLER An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When put to the test, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness
ELBERT HUBBARD Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
JOHN WESLEY Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
JOHN WESLEY Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
JOHN WESLEY How do you do, Miss West? Mae West: How do you do what?
MAE WEST An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
RED AUERBACH Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
MAE WEST One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.
JAMES LOVELOCK It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are...
HAROLD S. GENEEN It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are...
HAROLD S. GENEEN When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
MAE WEST I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired.
MAE WEST A child's giggle is worth one hundred pounds of gold.
AMY LEIGH MERCREE I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, prom...
HAROLD S. GENEEN Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
MAE WEST If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
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ELBERT HUBBARD I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
MAE WEST In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only perform...
HAROLD S. GENEEN You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough
MAE WEST Here’s to all the places we went. And all the places we’ll go. And here’s me, whispering again...
JOHN GREEN I'm not interested in dating a girl I'm not gonna marry
JOHN GREEN The future will erase everything--there's no level of fame or genius that allows you to transcend ob...
JOHN GREEN An ounce of PREPARATION is better than a ton of SUFFERING.
LORRIN L. LEE Some promises aren’t worth keeping.
HOLLY BLACK There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw...
ELISABETH ELLIOT Truthfully, God always keeps His promises but we often break our promises.
JAIME CONTRERAS Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a go...
WARREN BUFFETT The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Promises of his love, that he’d always protect me and keep me safe, filled the air around us until...
MEREDITH WILD The power of heart is much stronger than the power of mind to empower our life.
ANUJ SOMANY An ounce of this would power our five biggest cities for five years. There are 220 pounds of it per ...
DONNER GRIGSBY (During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to ...
MAE WEST Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
YIDDISH PROVERB An ounce of breast milk is even more potent than the finest tequila.
TORI AMOS That's your average drink. A 5 ounce glass of wine, a 12 ounce beer or an ounce and a half of liquor...
LAURA STETSON It's crazy. The sticker on your new player promises the equivalent of a high-performance car, but th...
RICHARD DOHERTY Chicago's always been known as this meat and potatoes place, and a lot of restaurants play that ...
GRAHAM ELLIOT The worth of a person’s quote is in his or her heart where it takes the birth and the value of the...
ANUJ SOMANY Now that I am alone, I don't have to hide it; I don't have to hide anything any longer. I can let my...
ROALD DAHL And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.
JOHN GREEN but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer.
JOHN GREEN El pasado es una historia lógica. Es el sentido de lo que sucedió. Pero como el futuro todavía no...
JOHN GREEN Kau bisa melihat masa depan kalau kau punya pemahaman dasar tentang bagaimana orang akan bersikap
JOHN GREEN Masa depan terbentang di hadapannya, tak terhindarkan namun tak kasat mata
JOHN GREEN And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn't want it to end, because he knew the absenc...
JOHN GREEN Dumpers may not always be the heartbreakers, and the Dumpees may not always be the heartbroken. But ...
JOHN GREEN Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could sta...
JOHN GREEN En inglés, Borogove’” I said. “But what if I don’t finish this painting in
time?” TERRY BISSON There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Mae: I've been asked to get married lots of times.
Rae: Who asked you?
Mae: Mom and Dad. Lots of...
UNKNOWN A hundred load of worry will not pay an ounce of debt
GEORGE HERBERT Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
CHARLES SCHUMER Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
CHUCK SCHUMER When I try to get work in the US all they say is that I need to lose weight - but I bet they never s...
CHARLOTTE CHURCH When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON He has no self-doubt whatsoever. Not an ounce of it,
GREG HICKS Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate...
POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro...
POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II
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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
MAE WEST I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
MAE WEST I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
MAE WEST A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.
MAE WEST It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men.
MAE WEST When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West.
MAE WEST Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.
MAE WEST So many men, so little time.
MAE WEST Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.
MAE WEST When women go wrong, men go right after them.
MAE WEST It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
MAE WEST I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.
MAE WEST Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
MAE WEST I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.
MAE WEST Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST He who hesitates is last.
MAE WEST Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
MAE WEST Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
MAE WEST Sex is an emotion in motion.
MAE WEST Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.
MAE WEST His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.
MAE WEST I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.
MAE WEST He who hesitates is a damned fool.
MAE WEST Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
MAE WEST I'm single because I was born that way.
MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.
MAE WEST I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.
MAE WEST A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
MAE WEST My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
MAE WEST When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.
MAE WEST It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
MAE WEST Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now ju...
MAE WEST When I have to choose between two evils, I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before.
MAE WEST Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
MAE WEST You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
MAE WEST It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
MAE WEST My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
MAE WEST There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.
MAE WEST Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
MAE WEST I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
MAE WEST I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.
MAE WEST You're never too old to become younger
MAE WEST Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from.
MAE WEST Sex is an emotion in motion
MAE WEST It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
MAE WEST Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
MAE WEST I speak two languages, Body and English.
MAE WEST You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing
MAE WEST The best way to behave is to misbehave.
MAE WEST The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
MAE WEST You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.
MAE WEST A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.
MAE WEST When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
MAE WEST You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, ...
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it
MAE WEST To err is human - but it feels divine
MAE WEST There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
MAE WEST Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
MAE WEST I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
MAE WEST Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different.
MAE WEST Men are easy to get but hard to keep.
MAE WEST Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them.
MAE WEST Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.
MAE WEST I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself
MAE WEST It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
MAE WEST When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
MAE WEST Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity.
MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
MAE WEST Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
MAE WEST When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
MAE WEST All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.
MAE WEST Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right no...
MAE WEST Sex is emotion in motion.
MAE WEST A man's kiss is his signature.
MAE WEST Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit ...
MAE WEST Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
MAE WEST I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
MAE WEST I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be taxing.
MAE WEST She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
MAE WEST You are never too old to become younger!
MAE WEST Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
MAE WEST If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
MAE WEST A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
MAE WEST When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
MAE WEST I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted.
MAE WEST A man in the house is worth two on the street.
MAE WEST I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
MAE WEST A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
MAE WEST I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them.
MAE WEST Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much eas...
MAE WEST Women with pasts interest men... they hope history will repeat itself.
MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST Saving love doesn't bring any interest.
MAE WEST 'Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening.... Come up. I'll tell your fortun...
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no sales at the box office.
MAE WEST You're never too old to become younger.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
MAE WEST Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile.
MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
MAE WEST Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art.
MAE WEST I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
MAE WEST It takes two to get one in trouble.
MAE WEST An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away
MAE WEST Women with "pasts" interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself.
MAE WEST Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but has no sale at the box office.
MAE WEST His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork
MAE WEST Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present.
MAE WEST Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much ea...
MAE WEST It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
MAE WEST A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
MAE WEST Cultivate your curves--they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
MAE WEST Look your best--who said love is blind?
MAE WEST You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles...
MAE WEST I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
MAE WEST Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing.
MAE WEST To err is human, but it feels divine.
MAE WEST A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty--he has suffered longer.
MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
MAE WEST I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing.
MAE WEST I've been in more laps than a napkin.
MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.
MAE WEST To err is human - but it feels divine.
MAE WEST It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.
MAE WEST Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
MAE WEST Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.
MAE WEST Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West.
MAE WEST It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
MAE WEST Flattery will get you everywhere.
MAE WEST Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
MAE WEST Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else.
MAE WEST The best way to find your perfect match is to meet love halfway.
MAE WEST Don't marry a man to reform him--that's what reform schools are for.
MAE WEST When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
MAE WEST Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt.
MAE WEST I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.
MAE WEST Love thy neighbor--and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easi...
MAE WEST Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces.
MAE WEST I've been in more laps than a napkin.
MAE WEST Too many girls follow the line of least resistance--but a good line is hard to resist.
MAE WEST There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.
MAE WEST Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
MAE WEST It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do...
MAE WEST I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one
MAE WEST Personally, I like two types of men--domestic and foreign.
MAE WEST He's the kind of man who picks his friends...to pieces.
MAE WEST When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before
MAE WEST You ain't no oil paintin' but you are a fascinatin' monster.
MAE WEST I was Snow White but I drifted.
MAE WEST [Per Alexander Pope (1734):] Vice is a monster of so frightful mien/As to be hated, needs but to be ...
MAE WEST [Nov. 30-Dec. 10:] Dirty Blonde ... I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde.
MAE WEST Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.
MAE WEST Some men are all right in their place--if they only knew the right places!
MAE WEST Success is a two-bladed golden sword; it knights one and stabs one at the same time.
MAE WEST (During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to ...
MAE WEST Men? Sure, I've known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I'v...
MAE WEST Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The non professional volunteer world is ...
MAE WEST Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring.
MAE WEST Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
MAE WEST One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
MAE WEST Ohhhhh! I feel like a million but, I'll take'em one at a time!
MAE WEST I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired.
MAE WEST I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice.
MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign.
MAE WEST I believe in the single standard for men and women.
MAE WEST I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it.
MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no box office.
MAE WEST A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction.
MAE WEST I'm tired, send one of them home
MAE WEST Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you.
MAE WEST Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for.
MAE WEST Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.
MAE WEST I can always tell a lady when I see one. Yeah? What do you tell 'em?
MAE WEST I always say, keep a diary, and some day it'll keep you.
MAE WEST No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday.
MAE WEST A man in the house is worth two in the street.
MAE WEST I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
MAE WEST Don't come crawlin' to a man for love--he likes to get a run for his money.
MAE WEST A man's kiss is his signature.
MAE WEST Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
MAE WEST I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better.
MAE WEST I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
MAE WEST The score never interested me, only the game.
MAE WEST The curve is more powerful than the sword.
MAE WEST Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
MAE WEST Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
MAE WEST He who hesitates is last
MAE WEST Experience is by far the best teacher. You know, ever since I was a little girl I knew that if you l...
MAE WEST I take it out in the open and laugh at it.
MAE WEST