Herbert Kaufman Quotes

#1. Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Herbert Kaufman

#2. The Cahill girl is dead.

Sarwat Chadda

#3. Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is.

Herbert Kaufman

#4. Fortunately and unfortunately, people don't see me as a character actor. They see me as a leading man or nothing, which makes it really hard to get work.

Josh Holloway

#5. No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.

Jeri Ryan

#6. The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child. My moods are mercurial, and this can be terrifying. I know, because I was a daughter of a mother with a changeable temperament.

Ayelet Waldman

#7. When I left 'Downton Abbey,' it hadn't yet taken off and become the phenomenon that it is, to this day. That all happened after I left. But, it was fabulous to be a part of it and to be a part of the cast. We had an absolute ball!

Rose Leslie

#8. Only things the dreamers make live on. They are the eternal conquerors.

Herbert Kaufman

#9. You don't need to make a song and dance about the fact the world has spun around the sun one more time.

Cecelia Ahern

#10. Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers.

Herbert Kaufman

#11. Sometimes people deserve a high five, in the face, with a chair.

Will Rogers

#12. If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

Francis Ford Coppola

#13. What you lust for is innocence and this is an impossible equation. Lust and innocence can never be compatible. The ultimate is no longer the ultimate when you've stuck your dick in it.

Karl Ove Knausgard

#14. Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.

Herbert Kaufman

#15. Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.

Herbert Kaufman