Top 100 Best Not Quotes
#1. The community does not fight crime well by chasing it; after-the-fact, crime has won and the target of violence is injured or worse. Crime is fought best not by chasing it, but by facing it before it can become a completed act.
Crime is fought best at the scene of the violence.
John Longenecker
#2. I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do.
Anthony Bourdain
#3. Jack Campbell's dazzling new series is military science fiction at its best. Not only does he tell a yarn of great adventure and action, but he also develops the characters with satisfying depth. I thoroughly enjoyed this rip-roaring read, and I can hardly wait for the next book.
Catherine Asaro
#4. No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.
Michael Jackson
#5. I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up.
John Grogan
#6. Friendship is like love at its best; not blind but sympathetically all-seeing; a support which does not wait for understanding; an act of faith which does not need, but always has, reason.
Louis Untermeyer
#7. It was you readers who really came through, proving once again that when the American people decide to "get involved" in a problem, it is best not to let them have any sharp implements.
Dave Barry
#8. Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to turn back pages; it was a path on which, whatever direction we took, we'd never be able to choose our own destiny.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
#9. So many things happen that we can't control, its best not to worry about what we can. Believing you can change the world has a terrible effect on one's ego.
Bauvard
#10. I am aware of the haters and bad rumors. I'd be lying if I say I don't care, but I try my best not to.
Jay Park
#11. Anyone with a great product to sell should never criticize competing products. Your product should sell on its own merit. Consumers want the best of the best, not the best of a bad situation.
Zack W. Van
#12. Vice, virtue - it's best not to be too moral. You'll cheat yourself out of too much life.
Ruth Gordon
#13. She retained the opinions of trees: one of them being that it was best not to have anything to do with human folk. "Firstly, they cut us down," Rowan said. "Secondly they're all insane, though I suppose they can't help that, being rooted in water instead of earth.
Helen Oyeyemi
#14. Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.
P.G. Wodehouse
#15. The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination.
Shane Claiborne
#16. God's love for and protection of us are always consistent with his will for us - and his will for us is always consistent with what is best, not only for us, but also for a fallen world that he is always trying to rescue.
Craig Parshall
#17. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality.
Colin Higgins
#18. Poor kid has saved the world. That blanket was masterful. I mean, he also almost destroyed the world, but probably best not to focus on that bit.
J.K. Rowling
#19. It's best not to depend on the gray haired. We're too close to God to rely on,
Nadia Hashimi
#20. I've always been a big fan of comedy and sketch comedy, and I like to laugh, but you can't just be funny. You do have to work at it, and you have to try to know what your role is and when you can insert humor, or when it's best not to.
Colin Hanks
#21. For some things there are no explanations - no reasons, and so, when these things happen, there is nothing to talk about really. And it is best not to dwell on said things for too long, because you will find that life has no real meaning if you do.
Matthew Quick
#22. The teacher does best, not when he explains, but when he impels his pupils to seek themselves the explanation.
John Lancaster Spalding
#23. Hanna," I cut in. "I promise to do my best not to motorboat you at the altar.
Christina Lauren
#24. I wrote, and sometimes, when I was stuck, I hit the road. I ate pasties in the Upper Peninsula and hush puppies in Cairo. I did my best not to write about any place I had not been.
Neil Gaiman
#25. When you're a writer, you never know which of your pieces are going to gain a toehold and which will not, and it's best not to care too much.
Rick Perlstein
#26. It's best not to wonder at what cost. Freedom is the only price to pay for anything in this place.
Lauren DeStefano
#27. I think that our form of government is certainly the best - not that can be imagined - but that has ever been experienced; and, while we are sure that practice is in its favour, it would be most absurd to dream of destroying it on theory.
Charlotte Turner Smith
#28. To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
Lao-Tzu
#29. I let her hold me for a long while. I do my best not to cry. My best is not enough.
Victoria Aveyard
#30. It was best not to ask too many questions. Especially since you'd get the answers. And the answers were
usually followed by a tightening of Kate's forehead and a tick in her left eye. The tightening could cause
wrinkles, the tick a tumor, and Kate didn't need to borrow that kind of trouble
Rachel Gibson
#31. There will be always be people stronger and not as strong, smarter, and not quite as smart. It's best not to get into the race at all: Just run your own.
Tricia McCallum
#32. The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.
Kingman Brewster Jr.
#33. Being alive hurts. I have found it best not to rush for the aspirin bottle. - A Severed Wasp
Madeleine L'Engle
#34. I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to.
Karen Joy Fowler
#35. If you're telling a story it's always best not to play the ending.
John Hawkes
#36. In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories
Sol Stein
#37. I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.
Joel Siegel
#38. Years ago a friend and fellow writer, Nick Antosca, once made a remark about it being best not to threaten, but to simply act. An effective way of going about things, I think.
Helen Oyeyemi
#39. The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they are that way because they have stayed strong through the most tormentful of storms.
Pandora Poikilos
#40. Since children from dysfunctional families are so good at judging others, they also judge themselves finding themselves unacceptable when compared to others, always assuming they are second best, not enough. This is a painful realization so often they hide behind righteous arrogance.
David W. Earle
#41. Some dreams are best not to wake up from.
Hiroo Onoda
#42. You won't find someone who treats you as you should be treated until you start to believe you are worth the ones you want, the ones who aren't asking you to do any work. Find the man who appreciates you at your best, not one who confirms your worst suspicions about yourself.
Mhairi McFarlane
#43. Prior to my arrival at the Crowne Plaza in Indianapolis, my agent and I decided that it would be best not to participate in any drills at the combine. We wanted to wait until my pro day at Virginia, where I could limit the distractions and just focus on being my best.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
#44. It is right to hope for the best about everybody, and not to expect the worst. This sounds like a truism, but it has comforted me before now, and some day you'll find it useful. One has always to try to think more of others than of oneself, and it is best not to prejudge people on the bad side.
Elizabeth Gaskell
#45. The robot is not going to want to be switched off because you've given it a goal to achieve and being switched off is a way of failing - so it will do its best not to be switched off. That's a story that isn't made clear in most movies but it I think is a real issue.
Stuart J. Russell
#46. I know that I'm definitely not a big big snob, and I know that at the times that I am a diva I know I'm being a diva. It's kind of annoying to know that you are. Because it's a person I do not want to be. So I'm trying my best not to become a jerk.
Jackie Evancho
#47. Russia's partners should understand it's best not to mess with us,
Vladimir Putin
#48. If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.
Lemony Snicket
#49. It's usually best not to ask philosophers anything, precisely because they have the habit of what in the Persian language is called sanud: the profitless consideration of unsettling yet inconsequential things.
Nick Harkaway
#50. There's only the writing, which I admit to knowing very little about. But then it's probably best not to know. It allows one to work without expectation. Best to let the poem do the thinking while we concern ourselves with what's called the personal life.
Russell Edson
#51. Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between writer and reader, an invaluable exchange of human conditions.
Jonathan Evison
#52. Tanzie knew Nicky was thinking what she was thinking - that Mum had finally gone mad. But she had read somewhere that mad people were like sleepwalkers - it was best not to disturb them. So she nodded really slowly, like this was all making good sense.
Jojo Moyes
#53. Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.
Sue Grafton
#54. My biggest life lesson is that the past is the past. I do my best not to bring history into my present. It ain't ever easy, but it usually creates more opportunity for joyful experiences.
Dash Mihok
#56. We were a good team. I was glad we had decided to work on being friends. She was holding up her end of the bargain and I was trying my best not to worship her.
Emmy Laybourne
#57. It's Lila
come on, Jack. She might be a little impulsive but that doesn't make her a sociopath.'
I swivelled my gaze to Jack, trying my best not to look like a sociopath.
Sarah Alderson
#58. It's a very interesting thing to try to be your absolute best - not a percent better or a percent worse than that.
Kai Greene
#59. When it comes to your self-esteem, it is best not to value the opinions of deluded psychopaths.
Rosen Trevithick
#60. Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.
Tom Holt
#61. Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you ... There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful.
Clare Vanderpool
#62. I believe people are more inclined to do their best, not when they feel loved, but when they feel loved regardless.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#63. In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.
Harry Truman
#64. The moment a man and a woman decide to get married, both of them should put aside such doubts and concerns. If they can't agree, it is best not to opt for trouble from the very beginning.
Kobo Abe
#65. Dead was not an absolute concept to her. Some people were more dead than others, and finally it was a matter of opinion who was dead and who was alive, so it was best not to discuss such a thing.
Margaret Atwood
#66. Some say it is best not to go near the center of time. Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree. They would rather have an eternity of contentment, even if that eternity were fixed and frozen, like a butterfly mounted in a case.
Alan Lightman
#67. I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.
Bill Gates
#68. If somebody tells me what to do, I will do my best not to do it.
Hiroko Sakai
#70. No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, and it's always best not to do this alone!
Madeleine Peyroux
#71. It was best not to think, not to analyze. It was best to accept and act.
Nora Roberts
#72. Just make as much money as you can, but try your best not to rob or get robbed, it will sweep all that you have and leave your hands empty.
Auliq Ice
#73. Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.
Laozi
#74. What is the soul? What color is it? I suspected my soul, being mischievous, might slip away while I was dreaming and fail to return. I did my best not to fall asleep, to keep it inside of me where it belonged.
Patti Smith
#75. The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that it's best not to encourage people to look at their dreams because they are liable to stir up problems for themselves.
Henry Reed
#76. He'd been thinking about a lot of things lately, things that would
never happen, things it was best not to think about. Things like waking up with Delaney every morning for the rest of his life and watching her hair turn
gray.
Rachel Gibson
#77. It's really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine.
Caitlin Moran
#78. Whenever I'm onstage, I try my best not to think that I'm performing. It's simply another part of my day.
Bobby McFerrin
#79. All leaders have to live with disappointment at some point or another. If I have to learn that lesson early, I won't enjoy it, but I will do my best not to let you down.
Joelle Charbonneau
#80. Reflect upon the defects of your character: thoroughly realize their evils and the transient pleasures they give you, and firmly will that you shall try your best not to yield to them the next time.
H. P. Blavatsky
#82. Martha thanks Sylvia, gesturing with the book. "Just remember not to try to hard with understanding it, " Sylvia says. "Like people, they're best not to be too thoroughly understood.
Naomi Wood
#83. Try not be resentful or jealous of other people's success. Know that your path as a performer is going to be very different than others. Try your best not to compare.
Erica Schroeder
#84. We're more than ready to deliver. When the pressure is on, I think that's when the Ring of Honor roster does the best. Not only the main event, the entire roster feels the pressure and are ready to deliver.
Adam Cole
#85. You're right. You should probably do your best not to fall in love with me.
Hank Moody
#86. If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.
Erykah Badu
#88. Try your best not to get distracted from your goal. Let everything you do be your way of getting closer to your enlightenment; never take a vacation from spiritual practice.
Sharon Gannon
#89. I think the character of Superman may be the greatest fictional creation of modern times, and working on the book is for me a sacred trust. I'm just doing my best not to disappoint!
Chris Roberson
#90. My favorite rhymes are sort of half-rhymes where you might just get the vowel sound the same, but it's not really a true rhyme. That gives you far more flexibility to capture the feeling you're trying to express. But sometimes it's best not to have any rhyme.
Conor Oberst
#91. Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.
Rita Mae Brown
#92. Perhaps there really are occasions in life when it's best not to say anything.
Miljenko Jergovic
#93. Best not to dream, dear. If you don't, there's nothing that can be taken from you.
Courtney Milan
#94. Trying to figure it all out is impossible. But what isn't impossible is to:
Have gratitude
Stay Positive
Have faith
Be friendly and kind
Listen first; speak second
Do your best, not try to be the best
Enjoy the ride!
Charles F. Glassman
#95. When I went to the all-Ireland final - Kerry against Dublin - I couldn't get away for an hour and a half with people coming up and wishing me all the best. Not one of them said, 'Martin, when did you leave the IRA?' But every one of them knew I was in the IRA at one stage.
Martin McGuinness
#96. Oh...I cant. I cant dance."
"What, not at all? Not even when you hear ABBA?"
"I do my very best not to hear ABBA.
Alexis Hall
#97. In certain situations it was best not to know or at least best not to leave any way of proving that you knew what you knew.
Jonas Jonasson
#98. I'm not going to get drunk at a bar. There are younger girls who look up to me. So I do my best not to stray too far.
Ashley Greene
#99. She said we can't save everyone, but we can damned sure as hell fight to save those we love ... She taught me that we can only do our best. You've done your best ... not beat yourself up because you missed something or someone. It makes you weak.
Lora Leigh
#100. I scratched the word HELLO in small letters ... And as names go, it's a good one, isn't it? In spite of all the damage that followed, I still think that's the perfect name for a picture drawn by a man who was trying his best not to be sad anymore - who was trying to remember how it felt to be happy.
Stephen King
