#the one thing

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#heart #high #how #just #matter

The Chinese banking system is built on quicksand and that's the one thing a lot of people don't realize. Everybody seems to think it is a free and clear open checkbook. It's not. The banking system in China is extremely fragile. ↗

— James Chanos

#banking system #built #china #chinese #clear

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. ↗

— Henry Ford

#even #may #mistake #necessary #one thing

You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self. ↗

— Bede Griffiths

#also #attachments #children #everything #father

It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest age is that they are wrong. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#age #almost #earliest #i #known

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen. ↗

— Tea Leoni

#i think #listen #must #one thing #painful

I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well. ↗

— Juliette Lewis

#could #i #knew #live #one thing

The one thing I have learned as a CEO is that leadership at various levels is vastly different. When I was leading a function or a business, there were certain demands and requirements to be a leader. As you move up the organization, the requirements for leading that organization don't grow vertically; they grow exponentially. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#ceo #certain #demands #different #exponentially

I was rather disappointed, because the one thing I wanted to gain from that opportunity was to add something to his music, and have him add something to mine. ↗

— Michael Nyman

#because #disappointed #gain #him #his

It's so easy to judge everybody and for some reason extra weight is the one thing everything feels OK to joke about. ↗

— Caroline Rhea

#easy #everybody #everything #extra #feels