Manoeuvring Quotes

#1. And always Melbourne, Melbourne, Melbourne, over and over the same photo in glaring greens and reds, of a tram, huffy, blunderous, manoeuvring itself with pole akimbo round the tight corner where Bourke Street enters Spring.

Helen Garner

#2. In positions of strategic manoeuvring (where time is not of decisive importance) seek the worst-placed piece. Activating that piece is often the most reliable way of improving your position as a whole.

Mark Dvoretsky

#3. There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

Jane Austen

#4. My heart is manoeuvring in rings of trembling darkness and unreasonable echoes of over-thoughtfulness.

Virginia Woolf

#5. The biggest lie ever is that practice makes perfect. Not true - practice makes you better.

Barbara Oakley

#6. Taking ownership for your decisions and your problems is the only way to ever become a healthy person.

Kris Vallotton

#7. TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.

Landon Liboiron

#8. A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.

John C. Maxwell

#9. A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.

Nonito Donaire

#10. The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs.

Richard Brookhiser

#11. The soul of man was made to walk the skies.

Edward Young

#12. A lot of people are in politics to make friends, too, instead of making positive change. They're worried about getting re-elected.

Jon Runyan

#13. Look for me
in sleepless nights,
among the stars,
I'll be your guiding star...

Look for me
in the moments of happiness,
on a green field,
I'll be your joy.
...

Zorica Savron

#14. the Cameron Highlanders were ordered to muddy their spats because they were a dazzling white target for the Hun. Within 24 hours the order was countermanded by the Big Chief Cameron of Lochiel who presumably didn't want his Highlanders to look slovenly when dead.

Phyllida Law

#15. Sometimes I feel a lot of things but I keep it in. I'm sure we all have this built-in radar of what we predict and when it happens, we feel 'I knew it'.

Muhammad Ali

#16. I was inspired to write (Life Continues) to tell people dealing with MS or any other illness that if opening your eyes, or getting out of bed, or holding a spoon, or combing your hair is the daunting Mount Everest you climb today, that is okay.

Carmen Ambrosio

#17. Look, the reason is security, a subconscious need for security. I had a rotten childhood. Two bottles at once fills a void that needs filling. Maybe. I'm not sure.

Charles Bukowski

#18. Maia was either going to grow up to rule the world or loose a planetwide plague upon the land. Maybe both.

Patricia Briggs