The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've lost the muse or - the worst dread - you never had it at all. I went through all that madness early on.

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.

Hate crimes are different from other crimes. They strike at the heart of one's identity - they strike at our sense of self, our sense of belonging. The end result is loss - loss of trust, loss of dignity, and in the worst case, loss of life.

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

The first year or so on The Daily Show is pretty intense in terms of travel. You're going to the worst places in the country, talking to the craziest people in the world.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

It's happening: Lou Dobbs' dream come true and Silicon Valley's worst nightmare. We're already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their U.S. educations and experience building companies and creating technology back to their home countries.

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.

Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs.

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.

The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me.

I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

Absolutely the worst thing about this job is the travel and being away from family. I have a wife and three wonderful children, the kids are all active in sports and it's very difficult to up and leave and miss them growing up.

So much about big-time college sports is criticized. But the worst scandal is almost never mentioned: the academic fraud wherein the student-athletes, so-called, are admitted without even remotely adequate credentials and then aren't educated so much as they are just kept eligible.

Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and - together with other criminal states - for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

When I walk into a gym full of kids, I could be having the worst day possible, but once you see the kids smile it changes your whole day around.