"Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal. I can finally get to that goal. Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - and if you don't, you're a fool."

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Source : "THEATER; Sid Caesar: Ich Speaken German at Met". Interview, www.nytimes.com. 1987.

Sid Caesar

#Goal Quotes #Fool Quotes #Want Quotes

“I used to hate being different. I used to cry. I wanted to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed like all of my girlfriends. My mom and dad would feel so badly - 'No, it's OK. You'll be happy you're different later.”
“Ireland that has wronged no man, that has injured no land, that has sought no dominion over others. Ireland is treated today among other nations of the world as if she was a convicted criminal. If it be treason to fight against such an unnatural fate as this, then I am proud to be a rebel and shall cling to my rebellion with the last drop of my blood.”

Source : Sir Roger Casement (1917). “Trial of Sir Roger Casement”, Canada Law Book
“But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict.”
“For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.”
“Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables the great advantage of being just as good, if not better, when kept waiting, an advantage in the case of people whose disposition or occupation makes it difficult for them to be punctual at mealtime.”
“I probably get one or two days off every five or six weeks.”
“The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt in the best possible way, that is, completely.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.5, Library of Alexandria
“The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.”

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