Rolling Stones – You Get What You Need
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes, you get what you need” – Rolling Stones
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Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes quote – Now You Know Why
“Censuring Joseph Stalin at a public meeting, Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was interrupted by a voice from the audience. “You were one of Stalin’s colleagues,” shouted the heckler. “Why didn’t you stop him?” “Who said that?” roared Khrushchev. There was an agonizing silence in the room. Nobody dared moved a muscle. Then, in a quiet voice, Khrushchev said, “Now […]
Read moreI.F. Stone quote – Somebody who believes as you do, wins
“The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do, wins.” – I.F. Stone
Read moreAbraham Lincoln Quote – Happiness
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
Read moreAlbert Ellis Quote – You Control Your Own Destiny
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis
Read moreHawkeye Quote – I Will Not Carry A Gun
“I will not carry a gun. . . . I’ll caryy your books, I’ll carry a torch, I’ll carry a tune, I’ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to old Virginia, I’ll even hari-kari if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun!” – Hawkeye, in the TV show […]
Read moreFelix Frankfurter Quote – No Inevitability In History
“There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.” – Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
Read moreWarren Buffett Quote – Human Characteristic
“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” – Warren Buffett
Read moreMary McCarthy Quote – A Realistic Decision
“If someone tells you he is going to make ‘a realistic decision,’ you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.” – Mary McCarthy
Read moreSwami Sivananda Quote – Think Positively and Masterfully
“If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.” ― Swami Sivananda
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