Bottom Quotes - page 5

The large gray spiked form rising from the bottom of the picture is to me the symbol of death and ruin. And finally the black ovoid form is the symbol of fire, lava and destruction. (William Baziotes)
The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. View quote
Warren Bennis
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. View quote
Warren Bennis
My first-born. All I can remember of her is how she loved the burned bottom of bread. Can you beat that? Eight children and that's all I remember. View quote
Toni Morrison
It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow. View quote
Toni Morrison
Sober alkies are often asked: "When did you hit rock bottom?" but a more informed question might be: "How many times did you hit rock bottom? View quote
Craig Ferguson
The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them non-existent. View quote
Stefan Zweig
We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom. Where a beam is taken away a new one must at once be put there, and for this the rest of the ship is used as support. In this way, by using the old beams and driftwood the ship can be shaped entirely anew, but only by gradual reconstruction. View quote
Otto Neurath
One must fight to get to the top, especially if one starts at the bottom. View quote
Franz Kafka
At bottom God is nothing more than an exalted father. View quote
Sigmund Freud
Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Not so great in England at the moment; in an online poll we came last, we actually came bottom of European countries for quality of life, because of things like the weather, obviously, late retirement, poor holiday, poor public services, poor health service; it's basically just a kind of grey, godless wilderness, full of cold pies and broken dreams. View quote
Bill Bailey
I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs. View quote
John Major
I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. View quote
Lyndon B. Johnson
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
We're much alike, bee, you and me," I said. "You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike. View quote
Michael Morpurgo
Sometimes we have to hit bottom before we figure out how to really enjoy life. View quote
Michael Palmer
No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it. View quote
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Personally, I am more than ever inclined to believe that the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are genuine. Without them I do not see how one could explain things that are happening today. More than ever, I think the Jews are at the bottom of all our troubles. View quote
Nesta Helen Webster
Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line. View quote
Pat Williams
Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking. (P. J. O'Rourke)
Who was the greatest business man ever. . . The greatest salesman? Advertiser? Who? . . . It was Jesus. . . Jesus was the founder of modern business. . . he picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world! View quote
Paul Harding
Akmon squealed with delight. "I knew you were as smart as Hercules! I will call you Black Bottom, the Sequel! View quote
Rick Riordan
He offered to stop the tide for me once. He offered to build me a palace at the bottom of the sea. View quote
Rick Riordan
Back in Khufu's day I knew a magician who parted the Nile just so he could climb to the bottom and retrieve a girl's necklace. Then there was that Israelite fellow, Mickey." "Moses?" "Yeah, him. View quote
Rick Riordan