10 QUOTES WITH «THE BETTER OF»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
the better of.
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again.
There is many a man without learning will get the better of a college-bred man, and will have better words, too.
I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.
I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.
I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.
I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another.
On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.
You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.
Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BETTER OF»
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1
The better of McSweeney's: Issues 1-10
This book collects some of the best stories from the first ten issues of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the literary journal that has become one of the country's most important and influential publications.
McSweeney's Books, Dave Eggers, 2005
2
Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
... Discretion won't let him. 1764 Paxton Papers 145: Here Corin adopts the
opinion of Old Falstaff, thinking "the better part of valour is discretion." 1791
Belknap History 2.90: Dunbar's prudence . . . got the better of his courage, and he
retired.
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
3
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Exploding myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious book continues Pinker's exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an ...
4
A History
of the Moghuls
of Central Asi:
The Tarikh-i-Rashidi
Little known outside academic circles but vital for understanding how Central Asia was shaped, this is an extraordinary work of history.
Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlt, N. Elias, 2008
5
The better practices
of project management
... your emotions get the better of you' or 'romances at work are not allowed'and,
of course, it remains to be seen to what extent you can enforce these types of
matters, but strong standards within the group should regulate such things. You
may ...
6
The Broadview Anthology
of Social and Political Thought: ...
No difference, said I, but try to answer this further question: do you think that the
just man wants to get the better of the just? Never, said he, for he would not, then
be well mannered and simple, as he is now. Does he want to overreach a just ...
Andrew Bailey, Samantha Brennan, Will Kymlicka, 2008
“I realize this isn't any of my business,” he said, “but I'm afraid curiosity has gotten
the better of me.” He chuckled dryly. “What's your husband like? Is he as much of
a prude as you are?” Her gaze fell to the wedding ring on her left hand as ...
8
Oxford Dictionary
of English Idioms
... list ofmeasures to be put in place when disease breaks out. the better to — so
as to — better. 1986 Peter Mathiessen Men's Lives Francis ran both motors with
their housings off. the better to tinker with them. get the better of win an
advantage ...
9
Morality: Its Nature and Justification
This account explains how one can be confronted with a choice of two evils, one
of them worse than the other, or two goods, one of them better than the other, and
why a rational person always chooses the lesser of two evils and the better of ...
10
The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in ...
He was a fighter; he wasn't going to let cancer get the better of him. He began to
research his medical condition. He pored over the latest studies on lymphoma, its
causes and treatments. He found inspiring stories of long-term survivors.
