There is nothing - no program, no hobby, no vice, no crime - that does not 'create jobs'. Tsunamis, computer viruses and shooting convenience store clerks all 'create jobs'. So that claim misses the plot; it applies to all so is an argument in favor of none. Instead of an argument on the merits, it is an admission that one has no such arguments.
I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie career has taken off, he misses the instant gratification of wrestling, and the live crowds, and I could see being that way myself.
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.
The net of heaven is very wide in its meshes, and yet it misses nothing.
The idea of searching for some secret for trading success misses the point.
I smirk as Peter misses again. I can't help myself. "Hey, Peter," I say, " Remember what a target is?
The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
Amy Morton is a machine. If she misses a show it's because someone amputated her leg and she's looking for it.
I say good-bye to the part of myself that misses him so much.
I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here.
That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit: This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here-should he need the next, Let the world mind him! This, throws himself on God, and unperplext Seeking shall find Him.
By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.
I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views; for lies are always detected, sooner or later.
The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
You can't count a man out because one record went different direction. You gotta count the things that scored, not the misses.
He that would seriously set upon the search of truth, ought in the first place to prepare his mind with a love of it. For he that loves it not, will not take much pains to get it; nor be much concerned when he misses it.
He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.
The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it demands.
But what is more to the point is my belief that the habit of writing thus for my own eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments. Never mind the misses and the stumbles.
A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.
