“A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war.”
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“I will give you the best I have.”
“I just try to do the best job I possibly can - put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can - you've put forth your greatest effort - then I can live with whatever's next.”
“The best director is the one you don't see.”
“Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.”
“There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.”
“I have the best husband in the world. He's very involved.”
“It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.”
“I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do.”
“He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.”
“Going online and asking questions is the best way to learn.”
“I have to live with both my selves as best I may.”
“I put on the best live show, the absolute best live show I can possibly can.”
“Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.”
“I don't have the best body in the world, but I know for a fact that I have a really good voice.”
“Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.”
“Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.”
“Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it to work around it.”
“The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.”
“Life is best when you are in love.”
“I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.”
“Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.”
“A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.”
“Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy.”