Make A Mark Quotes

#1. There is only one expert who is qualified to examine the souls and the life of a people and make a valuable report - the native novelist ... And when a thousand able novels have been written, there you have the soul of the people; and not anywhere else can these be had.

Mark Twain

#2. One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.

Cristiano Ronaldo

#3. When a new writer comes onto a project, he'll make wholesale changes just to mark the territory or for greater credit.

Jon Spaihts

#4. I think we live in a unique time - the verbs that make up our online and mobile lives haven't been completely invented or imagined for us. That was kind of a life path I was on.

Mark Pincus

#5. I don't know why we, in the art world, cannot unpack things and sort of make hybrid notions of a practice. We're very rigid. It's funny, though; in music, we have no problem sampling, mixing and remixing. But in the art world, why can't we take little parts of history and mix it together?

Mark Bradford

#6. The subject gives you the best idea of how to make a photograph. So I just wait for something to happen.

Mary Ellen Mark

#7. If you constantly make it clear that you are unwilling to budge, don't get upset when no one is around who's willing to give you a push.

Mark W. Boyer

#8. If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science; try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

Will.i.am

#9. When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.

Joni Mitchell

#10. I hate editors, for they make me abandon a lot of perfectly good English words.

Mark Twain

#11. He pulled himself out of hard times, dealt with the scars from it, pushed himself to make a mark. A little bit of the wild side there, always. I told myself, oh no, I won't get tangled up with this one. And I said it again, even when I was tangled up.

Nora Roberts

#12. Sometimes I imagine a surveyor 100 years from now reading my plan, retracing my boundaries, and finding the monuments that I set. It's an honor to make a mark in history like that.

Mark Mason

#13. I think that the reason why we Americans seem to be so addicted to trying to get rich suddenly is merely because the opportunity to make promising efforts in that direction has offered itself to us with a frequency out of all proportion to the European experience.

Mark Twain

#14. I've been born into a broken world and my purpose is to make sure when I leave it, know I have left my mark of kindness on it somewhere.

Nikki Rowe

#15. People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it.

Mark Goddard

#16. One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.

Mark Twain

#17. Allow [Jesus] the access to that old nature through total surrender to Him and His Word. Once you do this without reservation, you will enter a new conquering lifestyle as well as a higher quality of life.

John 8:36
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Mark T. Barclay

#18. The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is 'real,' and so I thought, 'I'll base it on the absurd, the not real. I'll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I'll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.'

Mark Bradford

#19. One of the differences between HBO and other television is that they demand the same coverage that you would have in a feature film. We need to have all the shots in order to make it as rich and as stunning as it looks. We can't cut any corners.

Mark Addy

#20. The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.

Abbott Lawrence Lowell

#21. I bought an insurance policy covering the inheritance tax my kids will have to pay when we die, which I thought was a good bit of forward thinking. And I always know I'm going to have enough for tax because I make sure I keep it back in my business account.

Mark Billingham

#22. Some surveyors live for the work, putting in weeks or months at a time in remote locations. With a young family and hobbies that I'm passionate about, that isn't the path I've chosen. Like in many careers, you need to make your own decisions and follow your own path.

Mark Mason

#23. I feel it's important to make a mark somewhere.

Evelyn Lauder

#24. I try to stay away from stuff that's just action, action, action, action, action, and you kind of fast-forward through the dialogue scenes. I'm not interested in doing that. Give me a reason to fight, and I'll go there. But don't just make it, 'You touched my pen! Haaa-yah!' I've done that before.

Mark Dacascos

#25. In any case I would cut myself a path to the throne even if some bastard-born herder had fathered me on a gutter-whore - genealogy can work for me or I can cut down the family tree and make a battering ram. Either way is good.

Mark Lawrence

#26. When you get a chance to play with people - informally is one thing, but when you hook up and make something that's going to last or mean something to someone, I take it very seriously.

Mark Lanegan

#27. Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?

Mark Twain

#28. Whatever I do I've always done not because I want something but to compensate for a loss, to bring about a balance, to create amends, to make things right.

Mark Helprin

#29. Satan will make many a fierce attack on your perseverance; it will be the mark for all his arrows.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#30. It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.

Toby Jones

#31. The story of the Western world since 1945 is that, invited to choose between freedom and government 'security,' large numbers of people vote to dump freedom every time - the freedom to make your own decisions about health care, education, property rights, and a ton of other stuff.

Mark Steyn

#32. Well, no doubt it's a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed.

Mark Twain

#33. I'm still trying to make it. I'm still trying to get this over and do it and hopefully leave some kind of a mark on the course of American music, particularly in the tradition of what you might call the singer-songwriter.

Steve Forbert

#34. The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#35. And yet this very singleness of vision and thorough one-ness with his age is a mark of the successful man. It is as though Nature must needs make men narrow in order to give them force.

W.E.B. Du Bois

#36. Children simply don't make the distinction; a book is either good or bad. And some of the books they think are good are very, very bad indeed.

Mark Haddon

#37. You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

George Clooney

#38. I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's.

Kate Hudson

#39. Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

Mark Haddon

#40. Just seize every opportunity you have, embrace every experience. Make a mark, for all the right reasons.

Chrissie Wellington

#41. That's what being a demigod was all about, not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.

Rick Riordan

#42. I don't think he should make foreign policy on the basis of peak,but I don't think it can be overstated that Israel has been an embattled democracy that has enjoyed the bipartisan and overwhelming support of Americans. It has been a moral force.

Mark Shields

#43. I admire Mark Zuckerberg ... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.

Steve Jobs

#44. An Act of Dissent is simply a way of saying, 'No, I do not accept this and, as my silence may be construed as acquiescence, I would like to make a small gesture to indicate that you can all go fuck yourselves.

Mark Thomas

#45. Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

Mark Twain

#46. I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.

Mark Wahlberg

#47. The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances.

Aristotle.

#48. Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality

Mark Knopfler

#49. A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand.

Mark Twain

#50. Stop praying that God should make you a leader if you are not ready to do hard work.

Bidemi Mark-Mordi

#51. I don't usually try to rely on songs to woo a girl, but I think Coldplay can get a girl in the mood ... or make her cry, one or the other. I used to play in cover bands; we sure did our fair share of Coldplay. I like 'Viva La Vida.'

Mark Salling

#52. Puss hopped down from the couch and rummaged in Mark's closet until he found a black leather belt. This he looped along his shoulder, around his waist, and then clasped together. I'm off to make war, so that you may have love.

Zechariah Barrett

#53. Europeans started wearing linen underwear instead of wool. There is no record indicating that this made the Europeans less irritable, but it did make a lot more rags available.

Mark Kurlansky

#54. If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Mark Twain

#55. Desire can make anything into a god.

Mark Doty

#56. You have the ability to shine and make a mark in some field. Your job is to find your niche, excel and build a lasting legacy.

Roopleen

#57. Hollywood have been in touch; they want to make a movie of my life.

Mark Roberts

#58. EVERY MOMENT IN business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won't make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won't create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren't learning from them.

Peter Thiel

#59. You must mark in these things obviously. It's the fact you want to emphasise, not the subjective impression to record. What's the fact? - red little spiky stigmas of the female flower, dangling yellow male catkin, yellow pollen flying from one to the other. Make a pictorial record of the fact, as

D.H. Lawrence

#60. To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being.

Mark Polish

#61. I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#62. I'm trying to make the world a more open place.

Mark Zuckerberg

#63. I think it's a shame when people don't see the funny, thoughtful Mark that I know. He is incredibly sensitive and really cares about what other people need and want and really wants to be able to make someone else's day. And that's the Mark that I see.

Priscilla Chan

#64. Don't just read the Bible. Start circling the promises. Don't just make a wish. Write down a list of God-glorifying life goals. Don't just pray. Keep a prayer journal. Define your dream. Claim your promise. Spell your miracle.

Mark Batterson

#65. The psychologist Mark Schaller has shown that disgust is part of what he calls the "behavioral immune system" - a set of cognitive modules that are triggered by signs of infection or disease in other people and that make you want to get away from those people.40

Jonathan Haidt

#66. Aim at a high mark and you'll hit it. No, not the first time, nor the second time. Maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect.

Annie Oakley

#67. A boss in essence is every woman willing to try, push, succeed, fail but ultimately do the work in her lifescape to make her mark on the world the way she wants to draw it.

Jaha Knight

#68. Too many bands practice in their garage, play a couple of shows locally, and expect opportunities to appear from the sky. Bands have to push, work, grind, and struggle to make it happen on their own.

Mark Hoppus

#69. It is really important for us that people understand what the strategy is and that the real approach is to make everything social, not to build a vertical approach.

Mark Zuckerberg

#70. As competitive as I am, I want to get the best of a play and make sure to use it's full potential even when things break down. But sometimes you need to just say 'uncle' and let it go and avoid a hit.

Mark Sanchez

#71. A lot of times, I run a thought experiment: 'If I were not at Facebook, what would I be doing to make the world more open?'

Mark Zuckerberg

#72. The music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument - go from an acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning ... do something to shake it up ...

Mark Knopfler

#73. After a while he played with the pencil and the paper again and was delighted when he discovered how to make a mark with the one on the other. Various noises continued outside, but he didn't know whether they were real or not. He then talked to his table for a week to see how it would react.

Douglas Adams

#74. One of the things that I love about voiceover is that it's a situation where - because you're not encumbered by being seen - it's liberating. You're able to make broad choices that you would never make if you were on camera.

Mark Hamill

#75. Our consciences take NO notice of pain inflicted upon others until it reaches a point where it gives pain to US. In ALL cases without exception we are absolutely indifferent to another person's pain until his sufferings make us uncomfortable.

Mark Twain

#76. The police pull up in back of my car and run my plates - they don't see you as you are; they see you through a racialized negative gaze. I think the best thing is not to internalize it too much, or it'll make you crazy because you know it's going to happen again.

Mark Bradford

#77. There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, number three is story. Good actors can save a bad script and make it bearable, but good actors can't make a bad script good - they can just make it bearable.

Mark Strickson

#78. They [Mark and Jay Duplass] both have young kids and talk about parenting all the time. So they get it. So they knew that it was a very delicate time and they knew that it was a lot. All it did was make me want to protect them from - and protect production from - any kind of burden.

Amanda Peet

#79. I think each human being wants to make their mark on the world in whatever way they can, and maybe everyone has a slight egomaniac inside of them.

Marina And The Diamonds

#80. When you're working on a film, it's almost like photographing paintings at a museum. You're photographing somebody else's world. I just try and interpret it and make it real, and make it what the actors are about, what the director is about, and what the film is about.

Mary Ellen Mark

#81. Giving is God's way. It is the way that I now understand is the truth of the Universe. Giving multiplies me and makes me feel complete and fulfilled. Giving makes me feel that I make a real and important difference.

Mark Victor Hansen

#82. Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.

Mark Hoppus

#83. Please don't let it be another cop. I'm outta bail money. Wait a minute ... I could sell you on eBay and make a killing. (Mark)
Not in my current condition. You'd have to sell Caleb or Madaug. I'm sure there's someone willing to buy two perfectly good white boys. (Nick)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#84. Pretty armour doesn't make a warrior.

Mark Lawrence

#85. Derivative trading with mark-to-market accounting degenerates into mark-to-model. Two firms make a big derivative trade and the accountants on both sides show a large profit from the same trade.

Charlie Munger

#86. Adjust your mentality to make veggies a centrepiece of your meals and snacks. Get comfortable with occasionally consuming larger quantities than typical Western diet traditions call for.

Mark Sisson

#87. Now he found out a new thing
namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.

Mark Twain

#88. I've been in New York for going on five years now, and I always thought I would make a mark and do something but I never thought it would be this big of a deal. I'm so blessed and I'm truly honored.

Tituss Burgess

#89. All-American and proud of it. Too rich and soft and flawed to make any spiritual mark on anyone other than my own dog and children ... on a good day.

Roland Merullo

#90. I don't consider what you're wearing when I design a shoe. I don't have a particular look in mind or make a shoe thinking, "This would look great with a blue pinstripe suit." I just let you dress yourself. I'm looking at the shoe itself, not as a component of an outfit.

Mark McNairy

#91. Competition is created from within, when you make a conscious decision to demand more from yourself.

Mark W. Boyer

#92. I don't think people realize the risks they face every time they create a text, or post on a social network. Unless you expressly make the effort, everything you do online, including texting, has a shelf life of forever.

Mark Cuban

#93. Marilyn Manson has always been intended to confuse some, anger some and make some people feel at home. There's no way to misunderstand what I do - but everyone can understand it differently. That's the only way I've learned to embrace art - it has to be a question mark, not an answer.

Marilyn Manson

#94. There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. It's a little bit dangerous, because you'll really miss a chance to make your mark as a generation.

Brandi Carlile

#95. Take life one day at a time, and make each day better than the last.

Mark Sanborn

#96. Eternity is the mentality for immortality. Make your mark; leave a positive legacy!

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#97. I'm a baseball fan, but I'm not qualified to make baseball decisions, and I don't want to pretend to be.

Mark Walter

#98. There's a lot of money being generated by nerds right now. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the list goes on and on. Nerds make more money than our government. And with money comes power.

Chris Hardwick

#99. I remember the stink of corruption. It had a kind of sweetness to it, a sweetness that'd make you want to hurl.

Mark Lawrence

#100. Certainly, it's very easy to fall in love with cash. If you're going to make all your decisions based on cash, you're going to have a pretty naffy career.

Mark Ruffalo