One Item Quotes

#1. Go to the Black Sea, meet new people, see beautiful places, get killed by a mutant carnivorous kangaroo goat. One item off my bucket list.

Ilona Andrews

#2. Well, I don't. Not absolutely. But adopting making money' as the goal of a manufacturing organization looks like a pretty good assumption. Because, for one thing, there isn't one item on that list that's worth a damn if the company isn't making money.

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

#3. So you see, it doesn't terribly matter if you miss one item of knowledge in a series of similar items because providing you understand the series you already know without knowing that you know.

Christine Brooke-Rose

#4. I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.

Garrett Neff

#5. At Christmas you can get real bargains. I saw one item marked down ten dollars. It was a yacht.

Milton Berle

#6. A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.

Leon Uris

#7. A handbag is only one item to be worn with a complete outfit. Add a peony pink leather handbag to a charcoal gray suit, for instance, and the impact is chic with a touch of wit.

Kate Spade

#8. I wear a lot of things for fun. Sometimes I'll wear one item that is deliberately stupid because that will make the outfit cool.

James Frecheville

#9. Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a theory, it's a meaning, it's how you carry yourself. It's aspirational, it's inspirational.

Kevin Plank

#10. Pick one item, keep it in your hand then leave your house. Then "Quit to Title" and go back to the game again. Place the item anywhere and then go to your device's home screen. Close the app. Now start it again. You will realize you have duplicated the item now!

Minecraft Addict

#11. I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century ... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.

Mikhail Gorbachev

#12. One item on my agenda is simply planning trips, setting them as goals, something to look forward to.

Paul Parker

#13. I don't know, maybe imminent peril made him feel more alive somehow, for the same reason zombies are carnivores with only one item on the menu. You never heard of undead vegetarians. Where's the challenge in attacking a plate of asparagus?

Rick Yancey

#14. We watch a character define himself entirely through what he will not claim. If I could choose one item from my entire apartment, what would I disown? It might be my trash can full of ripped paper packets, which might mean that this pile of packets is my most honest expression of self.

Leslie Jamison

#15. Being a good steward of those material things that God has given our churches is good. Becoming obsessed with any one item to the neglect of His mission is idolatry.

Thom S. Rainer

#16. O, sir, I will not be so hard-hearted. I will give out divers schedules of my beauty. It shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled to my will: as, item, two lips indifferent red; item, two grey eyes, with lids to them; item, one neck, one chin, and so forth.

William Shakespeare

#17. It was a short one-paragraph item in the morning edition.

Haruki Murakami

#18. Your 'frog' should be the most difficult item on your things-to-do list, the one where you're most likely to procrastinate; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day.

Brian Tracy

#19. A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.

Craig Brown

#20. The item of clothing that makes us feel powerful is the one that makes us feel confident and self-assured, that magically makes us look our best in all kinds of circumstances.

Valerie Steele

#21. The purpose of life is to play. The purpose of work is to be as much like play as possible. If life comes to entail too much work, see item one.

Loren Woodson

#22. I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me.

George Osborne

#23. No one can measure the loss of business that may arise from a defective item that goes out to a customer.

W. Edwards Deming

#24. Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived.

Sammy Davis Jr.

#25. The best way to choose what to keep and what to throw away is to take each item in one's hand and ask: "Does this spark joy?" If it does, keep it. If not, dispose of it. This is not only the simplest but also the most accurate yardstick by which to judge.

Marie Kondo

#26. My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

Sara Blakely

#27. One stipulation to my borrowing your clothes is that you have to have worn the item at least once before I borrow it. I'm not a monster.

Mindy Kaling

#28. To first understand the concept of a haunted doll, one must realize that the doll itself does not posses life. In other words, the doll is not alive. In theory, the doll is haunted by the soul of a person who has passed on. A haunted doll is a spiritual attachment, a haunted item.

Matthew Jackson

#29. My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?

Erma Bombeck

#30. At fancy and expensive restaurants (say, $50 and up for a dinner), you can follow a simple procedure to choose the best meal. Look at the menu and ask yourself: 'Which of these items do I least want to order?' Or: 'Which one sounds the least appetizing?' Then order that item.

Tyler Cowen

#31. The opposite of value is a commodity item with little or no perceived value - which means people are not seeking it out and when they do, it's merely one of the many choices (so very likely the cheapest offering will get the sale).

David Brier

#32. I came to the conclusion that the best way to choose what to keep and what to throw away is to take each item in one's hand and ask: "Does this spark joy?" If it does, keep it. If not, dispose of

Marie Kondo

#33. For every item that carries the darkness of humanity there's one that holds the light. And that light is worth believing in. Not just in others, but in yourself as well.

C.M. Rayne

#34. The Fiesta Tour McDonald's exhibit is a one-of-a-kind compilation of items and great moments in Latin music history. Every item has a unique story, including the outfit which I wore during the 2008 Premios Juventud awards.

Thalia

#35. A comparative adjective is appropriate when the two items are being directly contrasted, one against the other; a superlative can work when an item is superior not just to the alternative in view at the time but to a larger implicit comparison group.

Steven Pinker

#36. Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.

Robert Baden-Powell

#37. hoarders tend to be perfectionists, that each item they collect is one crucial part of an ideal world they are ever creating for themselves.

Kimberly Rae Miller

#38. I always put in one controversial item. It makes people talk.

Dorothy Draper

#39. A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need is in the others.

Raymond Simard

#40. Any item in your wardrobe should satisfy one of two criteria: utility and joy.

Stacy London

#41. The only item that stood out was a pair of orange Crocs I bought one day when I was feeling particularly jaunty. I had a special distaste for these shoes, because I was 76 percent sure that I was dumped as a result of once wearing them.

Charles McDowell

#42. Another one of the line-item vetoes in the "never drink alone" rule book is that you're allowed to drink alone while traveling. Who else could possibly join you? I loved drinking alone in distant bars, staying on speaking terms with my own solitude.

Sarah Hepola

#43. A lot of TV people buy more than one of an item, in case they spot or stain it, but I don't like buying duplicates - it's wasteful.

Martha Stewart

#44. If that means I only get a piece of your heart, then I'll cherish that one piece as if it is the most priceless item on the god damn planet.

Danielle Jamie

#45. This is President Obama's number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect.

Michele Bachmann

#46. One thing that got me started on it was the jean jacket. It's an item that could make you believe you're in the 50s or punk-rock 70s or grunge 90s. I was really focused on timelessness, and I think music is very timeless.

Drew Barrymore

#47. Steampunk appeals to the idea of uniqueness, to the one-off item, while every mainstream consumer technology of recent years is about putting human beings into ever more granular, packageable and mass-produced identities so that they can be sold or sold to, perfectly mapped and understood.

Nick Harkaway

#48. The first and fundamental principle of our holy religion" to be free "to embrace all, and every item of truth, without limitation or without being circumscribed or prohibited by the creeds or superstitious notions of men, or by the dominations of one another.

Terryl L. Givens