William McCune famous quotes

If a man has any brains at all, let him hold on to his calling, and, in the grand sweep of things, his turn will come at last.
-- William McCune

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Practice is a talent. Perseverance is a talent. Hard work is a talent.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back

Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.

When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

Brains first and then Hard Work.

But Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless, nor any more indecent way of turning the idea of the Godhead into a mockery.

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped

It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without." ~ Poirot