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It's generally not a good idea.


Elizabeth Tarbert

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ELIZABETH TARBERT By the time we tell someone it doesn't comply, it has run its course by then.
ELIZABETH TARBERT I think economically its a very good idea,
JAMES HAMILTON He who must travel happily must travel light.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY To ''know your place'' is a good idea in politics. That is not to say ''stay in your place'' or ''ha...
WILLIAM SAFIRE Shakespeare's heroines are generally quite bold. His women were women of character ? that would appe...
LYNNE BURROUGHS Was it a good idea or not? Was it a good idea or not? ...Be straight, Eleanor!
RICH LOWRY That's not a good idea.
COLLEEN HOOVER Those targets are generally what everyone gets in a good year -- not a bad year, not a great year --...
BILL COLEMAN The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which ...
JOHN CLEESE It's a good idea not to major in minor things.
ANTHONY ROBBINS Wealth itself is not a bad idea provided it is directed towards public good. So is power. However, t...
ANANDA A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
WILL ROGERS A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth
WILL ROGERS Any lead is not a good idea.
DAN SYMONIK It's not my idea, nor is it a new idea. I will say this: I haven't had anyone locally tell me its a ...
DAVE TILFORD A great idea is like a fast moving train without brake & all contrary minds that crosses its path wi...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Her Elizabeth is so genius. It's just fabulous and, in its comedic, excessive way, there is a lot of...
HELEN MIRREN The best big idea is only going to be as good as its implementation.
JAY SAMIT Good advice" is often a doubtful remedy, but generally not dangerous because it has so littleeffect....
CARL GUSTAV JUNG That's where I got the idea, because he's so heady, ... He's got a good arm, but he's not necessaril...
THE EAGLES Hey, that turned out not to be such a good idea. I'd better not do that anymore.
FRANK HERBERT It's good for the U.S. to see a relatively weaker dollar, but it's not a good idea for the U.S. Trea...
ASHRAF LAIDI I think it was just generally that my footwork was really not good. I just felt uncomfortable moving...
PATTY SCHNYDER I think just generally, my footwork was really not good and it was uncomfortable to move around the ...
PATTY SCHNYDER That's why its a good idea to ease into your early miles, rather than push the pace from the minute ...
BILL RODGERS The regularity of a habit is generally in proportion to its absurdity.
MARCEL PROUST One does not hold a conversation with him. One holds a symposium. – Elizabeth Drew
RICK PERLSTEIN I've had the good fortune of working with some amazing people. I mean, my first Broadway show wa...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
ANONYMOUS Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea.
UNKNOWN I'm going out of my mind, ( mind speaks ) Good idea, its getting pretty crowded in here...
TERRY PRATCHETT Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.
DAN BROWN To have the comfort of sharing and laughing with genuine people who actually care is like taking a n...
GARY F EVANS... The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
MARCEL PROUST Elizabeth Hall and Jackie Wetzel both had good defensive games and had eight rebounds each.
DAVE MELLOR Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.
AD REINHARDT Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.
MARTHA MCSALLY Not a good idea. I told him to keep it quiet.
DAMIAN MILLER Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be...
PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that any good wri...
RAYMOND CHANDLER Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
ROBERT HALF I had a good experience in college, but I don't think interdisciplinary education is something t...
PETER THIEL I think striving for bipartisanship is a good idea because it not only helps to make things happen, ...
KATIE HICKSON It is a good idea for everyone who does not have contra-indications to receive a flu shot.
AMY JOHNSON It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway.
NORMAN MAILER Is it a good idea or not?? Were we build for that or not??
We know to much so let's remove us??
DEYTH BANGER Elizabeth
C.E. COOK A great idea is not enough.
ROSABETH MOSS KANTER An idea is not necessarily good because it is old, or necessarily bad because it is new, but if an o...
HENRY FORD J. Lo, whether she is good or bad, is like a fiery movie star, a throwback to Elizabeth Taylor in he...
STEVEN COJOCARU It sounds like a good idea so as not to waste food.
JOHN FLANAGAN And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.
JAMES MACARTHUR It's mostly been a very friendly and generally good atmosphere,
IAN BLAIR Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.
PROVERB It really is unappealing. On a good day, scrubbing a toilet is not anybody's idea of a good time.
GERRY ELWOOD Paris is always a good idea.
AUDREY HEPBURN It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentia...
KINGMAN BREWSTER I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write...
KEN THOMPSON Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival.
VANNA BONTA Nobody consulted me as to whether it was a good idea or not.
CHARLES POPE Consumers will be squeezed with higher interest rates, which is not good news for the market general...
EDMUND SHING My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend ...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER People generally didn't cheat in good relationships.
EMILY GIFFIN The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
MARCEL PROUST Sumitomo Mitsui owes more than the other banks, yet its profitability is very good. It's not surpris...
YOJI TAKEDA There were times tonight when this team could have folded its tent. We're not as good as we think we...
KARL DORRELL Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony.
JULIE HARRIS It's a good idea. This way, it might be televised.
THOMAS HARDY Proctor: I am only wondering how I may prove what she told me, Elizabeth. If the girl's a saint now,...
ARTHUR MILLER What Tolstoy is on about is that carnal love is not a good idea.
TOM STOPPARD Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea.
RICHARD SAUNDERS Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea.
FREDERICK SAUNDERS It's a good idea, but it's bad timing. It's just not going to happen.
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG It's a damn good idea. And it's a long overdue idea.
BERNARD WILLIAMS I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.
BRUCE OLDFIELD What is not yours always chirps for its master.
SPANISH PROVERB We don't know what the damage is, per se. We don't know if its salvageable or not. But while the bui...
DANNY WUERFFEL It is often that a cow does not take after its breed.
IRISH PROVERB It's not my fault, its everyone else's......losers!
JACKIE MCQUILLAN I told Elizabeth,
JOE BRYANT If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: "It seemed a g...
REBECCA WEST The idea of the Fed at least pausing is helping to support the market. We're looking at the economy ...
ALAN GAYLE Disruption is, at its core, a really powerful idea.
CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN Elizabeth is 6 and has been involved since before she was born. Her mother was a walker while she wa...
BARBARA ATCHISON Good families are generally worse than any others.
ANTHONY HOPE Earnings figures reported this week were generally good.
FUMIYUKI NAKANISHI He's not very fast, but maybe Elizabeth Taylor can't sing.
DARRELL ROYAL Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of p...
SIMONE WEIL The good part of Christmas is not always Christian -- it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, ...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL If you're not 100 per cent familiar with the territory, this can be a very good idea. An architect o...
CHRIS BLYTH Many obese individuals have type 2 diabetes and do not know it, so it is a good idea to bring glucos...
MARY R. LOEKEN Increasing the price to the customer is typically not a good idea. We're not in favor of a 'take-out...
STEVE SEXTON Trying to control people is like trying to heard cats. It's not a good idea.
JIM GENOVESE People realize it's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket.
JOE LASZLO When you have a good idea, the money flows.
GAVIN NEWSOM Elizabeth Warren has very good proposals regarding Wall Street, but she really has not been leading ...
JILL STEIN Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.
EVAN DANDO I think it's a good idea. Anything they can do to save people lives is obviously a good idea.
JACK MORAN A man generally has the good or ill qualities he attributes to mankind.
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ELIZABETH GILBERT Instructions for freedom":
1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
2. You have just cl...
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ELIZABETH I I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am e...
ELIZABETH I Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.
ELIZABETH HARRISON Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all w...
ELIZABETH DREW The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in...
ELIZABETH DREW It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end, with the priceless thrilling magic found ...
ELIZABETH DUNPHY For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the ...
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to ...
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.
ELIZABETH BOWEN