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This page collects quotes built around superlatives — including a direct critique of George W. Bush's domestic policy priorities, alongside genre-film commentary on luck and poor decision-making. For a look at priority and value elsewhere, see Important quotes.

My philosophy is that we should ask the most important question that's capable of being solved.

Quotes by Paul Greengard

The fact is all of the most highly successful scientists I know work practically all the time.

Quotes by Paul Greengard

I'm a filmmaker, and I was most influenced by Hitchcock's films. How he could plant such deep enriched characters and then make us care both about the antagonist and protagonist was masterful.

Quotes by Paul Haggis

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming the most coherent and are rising to the top as minority or plurality powers. But they do not represent either the shift, the change, or...

Quotes by Paul Hawken

Somewhere along the way to free-market capitalism, the United States became the most wasteful society on the planet.

Quotes by Paul Hawken

Winning takes precedence over all of it. That's the ultimate happiness. It's not location. It's not stardom. It's not 'where can I make the most money.' It's winning, and winning championships.

Quotes by Paul George

Mimi Fox is one of the most exciting contemporary jazz guitarists I've heard.

Quotes by Paul Gilbert

I've certainly enjoyed doing clinic tours for larger audiences, but the most valuable teaching experience has been the hundreds of lessons that I've given where I can hear the students play.

Quotes by Paul Gilbert

Enrolling in the Medicare Prescription Drug Program will be a great savings for most senior citizens.

Quotes by Paul Gillmor

For most of the nineteen-seventies, the official route map of the New York City subway system was a beautiful thing.

Quotes by Paul Goldberger

I loved Garry Marshall. The television shows he created in the '80s were the most deeply important entertainment of my childhood.

Quotes by Paul F. Tompkins

Searching for alternative life on Earth might seem misconceived, because there is excellent evidence that every kind of life so far studied evolved from a common ancestor that lived billions of years ago. Yet most of the life that exists...

Quotes by Paul Davies

The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear - and even, in certain respects, would be - the most modern of critical movements.

Quotes by Paul de Man

The lives of most authors - even, or perhaps especially, the great ones - are necessarily a catalogue of tedious inwardness and cloistered composition. Globe-trotting Hemingways and brawling Christopher Marlowes are the exception, not the rule.

Quotes by Paul Di Filippo

Most female characters have either been the temptress - like a Betty Boop type - or the victim - like an Olive Oil type.

Quotes by Paul Dini

The human capital of most macroeconomists, heavily invested in demand management, was wiped out by the policy failures of the 1970s.

Quotes by Paul Craig Roberts

As one of the most conservative members of Congress and a staunch supporter of the 2nd Amendment, I am constantly under attack for my values and beliefs.

Quotes by Paul Broun

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life?

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

It was the biggest inflation and the most sustained inflation that the United States had ever had.

Quotes by Paul A. Volcker

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of "Most" quotes are featured here?
A varied set - thoughts on what drives horror films, a pointed political statement about George W. Bush's policy impact, a warning about over-relying on expertise, and a simple reflection on enjoying acting work.
Is there a quote about horror films?
Yes, one quote puts it plainly: "Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films." It's a comment on what tends to drive the genre's plots.
Is there a political quote in this collection?
Yes, one quote states that "George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between," presented as the speaker's assessment of his policy impact, without further elaboration in the excerpt. For more viewpoint-driven quotes, see the Important page.
Is there a quote warning about over-reliance on experts?
Yes, one quote calls "the bowing to expertise" one of the most dangerous phenomena, whether in international relations or technology use. Browse the Life page for more perspectives like this.
Is there a quote about enjoying a career in acting?
Yes, one quote simply says, "One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor." For more first-person reflections, check out the Me and Like pages.

Other entries warn against over-trusting expertise in fields like international relations, or simply describe the parts of a job someone enjoys most. Continue with Life quotes or Like quotes.