Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.
Part of me believes that the completed record is the final measure of a pop musician's accomplishment, just as the completed film is the final measure of a film artist's accomplishments.
Governor Romney has a record of tremendous accomplishments. But he never asks for accolades. He just asks, 'How can I help?' That's the mark of a true leader: A humble focus on getting the job done.
In a country built on the dreams and accomplishments of an immigrant population, a particularly severe wound is inflicted on that principle when an immigration matter is not conducted in accord with the best of our tradition of courtesy and fairness.
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.
I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.
I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.
Only one country and one system is unable to recognize our accomplishments: Russia. They make the lying claim that our road construction program is only on paper.
I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
I'm not looking for 'outer esteem' anymore, what they call 'other esteem.' I'm looking for self-esteem. And people think that self-esteem is built with accomplishments. And, 'Hey, look what I did in my life.'
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
The dynamic of fathers and sons seems to be more around competition regarding things such as knowledge, accomplishments, expertise.
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that.
Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.
That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest.
I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.
Science is far from the center of the world for most people: even for many with highly sophisticated tastes, interests, and accomplishments.
For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.
I know who Dick Gregory is; I knew what his accomplishments are. I certainly knew him as a comedian and an activist.
I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food.
One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety.
I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.
I've never been a Clinton fan. He's had some accomplishments, and he's very skilled at politics, but, you know, he's had some successes and a very good economy. And the question is how much or how little of that does he deserve credit for.
My grandmother taught me that accomplishments meant less than what you left behind. I started to ask myself what impact my comedy would have on people's lives. And that changed my act. I got cleaner. I stopped talking about generic stuff like airplane peanuts and started speaking the truth about my gift.
I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!
If something good happens to you, and no one knows it, did it really happen? Moreover, if you don't publicize your accomplishments and good fortune, are you essentially saying you don't care about them?
We know these men are professionals whose services are up for bid and whose bags are packed, and yet we call them our own and take personal, even civic pride in their accomplishments.
To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.
The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
