Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven’t progressed enough and those about to go too far. – Andy Goldsworthy
Having a think about whether you can afford ‘this’ or ‘that’ is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard. – Cameron Mackintosh
I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for. – Anupam Kher
This medal goes to show that you don’t always have to have the best facilities, the best organisation, the best of everything to achieve. – Adam Peaty
Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you’re not quite up to snuff. – Alvin Ailey
Children who play regularly with their peers are most likely to achieve the highest levels of adjustment as adults. – Brian Sutton-Smith
Torture produces unreliable evidence and therefore doesn’t achieve and protect anybody. Torture corrupts those who are doing the torturing. – Cherie Blair
I’ve been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma, we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises. – Aung San Suu Kyi
Free nations with different histories, economies and a vast amount of stubborn pride will never achieve complete agreement, even when they desire the same objectives. – Arthur Hays Sulzberger
It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so much. – Billy Sheehan
Everything is complicated about using concrete – the discipline and dedication necessary to make consistent batches, understanding exactly how the formwork will be laid, what the timing is for the pours, how you keep it clean and neat to achieve a fine quality. – Annabelle Selldorf
All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry. – Abbott L. Lowell
I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that’s cliche, I don’t know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high. – Aaron Levie
When I’m later in the competition, I get antsy. I’m seeing everybody else go and achieve things. It’s like I’m just twiddling my thumbs. – Ashton Eaton
Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war? – Bianca Jagger
If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector. – Baba Kalyani
It’s hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional. – Carol Kane
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. – Arthur Helps
Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths. – Campbell Brown
We have to achieve what we can, and if we haven’t yet learned that we are not always going to get our way this could be frustrating. – Anne Northup
I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford ‘this’ or ‘that’ is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard. – Cameron Mackintosh
Our nation has come so far since 1968 when Dr. King was assassinated, but I know we can do better to achieve The Dream, and that is why I keep marching on. – Charles B. Rangel
I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences… essential to that institution’s ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives. – Ben Bernanke
There’s so much left to achieve, there’s so much more to do, there’s so much that has not been done. – Blu Cantrell