The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
Douglas Adams

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
Douglas Adams

My major regret in life is that my childhood was unnecessarily lonely.
Truman Capote

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.
Robert Orben

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
John Kenneth Galbraith

This show has been a major revitalization of my family life and personal life. It gave my family an avenue to speak to me honestly.
Willie Aames

Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues.
Marilyn vos Savant

Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them.
Marilyn vos Savant

An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major corporate audiences: Why don't you just take all your traditional beliefs about organizations, and apply them to the neurons in your brain?
Dee Hock

And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school.
Sarah Silverman

Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
E. O. Wilson

I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.
Howard Cosell

Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.
Joe DiMaggio

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences.
Margaret J. Wheatley

Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
Dag Hammarskjold

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
Ray Kroc

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
Mignon McLaughlin

I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law. While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over-the-top. I put it on eBay.
Sarah Palin

I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
Julius Erving

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.
Morgan Freeman