Carl Albert famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are.
-- Carl Albert

#Sports #Wrestling #Boys
I very much dislike doctrinaire liberals - they want to own your minds. And I don't like reactionary conservatives. I like to face issues in terms of conditions and not in terms of someone's inborn political philosophy.
-- Carl Albert

#Philosophy #Issues #Political
From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress.
-- Carl Albert

#Congress

Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.
If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.
Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
Fear of failure is what fuels me, keeps me on edge and sharp. I'm not as good when I'm comfortable.
Even though i have no other choice but to marry you... I Just want to make it clear that i love and will always love Matt Hardy
I read Claire Messud's 'The Emperor's Children,' I read Joseph O'Neill's 'Netherland' - but to me, they're not 9/11 novels. In 'The Emperor's Children,' 9/11 felt to me like a piece of the plot; the novel wasn't wrestling with what 9/11 meant. And 'Netherland' felt the same way. I liked both books a lot but I don't see them as 9/11 novels.
If I don't do what I need to do to win, I won't win, no matter who is on the other side of the net.
To be present - really, truly present - in art and life requires empathizing with uncertainty and wrestling with risk.
If you want something to play with go find yourself a toy, baby, my time is too expensive and I'm not a little boy.
Girl, there ain't a boy in this town who can hold a candle to Beau Vincent with his shirt off.

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