Ernest Hemingway: There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
Ayn Rand: The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
Jake Kerouac: Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
Edgar Allen Poe: Invisible things are the only realities.
Oscar Wilde: I think it is very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.
Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Ed Maccauley: When you are not practicing, remember, someone, somewhere else is, and when you meet him, he will win.
Shahir Zag: You don't need bigger boobs. You need to read better books.
Lorne Michaels: If you look around the room and you're the smartest person there, you're in the wrong room.
Oscar Wilde: I don't want to earn my living, I want to live.
A great collection for sure. I especially like the Poe quote, which may say something about my so-called thought process.
ReplyDeleteP. S. The Ed Maccauley quote seems a bit odd.