Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Mr. Geithner is an excellent minister. We have a good personal relationship.

Poetry is an art the easiest to dabble in but the hardest to reach true excellence.

Poetry is an art and chief of the fine art the easiest to dabble in the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.

The true spirit of delight the exaltation the sense of being more than Man which is the touchstone of the highest excellence is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

Earth and sky woods and fields lakes and rivers the mountain and the sea are excellent schoolmasters and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies but movies none the less.

When we talk about Oscars it's almost as a symbol of excellence and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?

The will to win the desire to succeed the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face I knew I had an excellent chance to win if I just took my time and trusted myself.

The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence their respect for others or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.

Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana and America continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities.

I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley.

We don't get a chance to do that many things and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief and then you die you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

When house and land are gone and spent then learning is most excellent.

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really really wants to do something great.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and dominion.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power and possessions.