"If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life."

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Source : "Evel Knievel: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2007.

Evel Knievel

#Hurt Quotes #Pain Quotes #Appreciate Quotes

“If you run out of new ideas when you are very young, then it's a problem of talent; If you run out of new ideas when you get older, it may be that there's nothing left to say, or it may be that core ideas demand repeated attention...”
“He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
“I am a frustrating interviewee. I'm like Ronald Reagan. I don't remember and I don't recall.”
“Crazy as it sounds, I'm a believer in destiny and serendipity, and I have had cosmic experiences all my life. Something told me I was meant for greater stuff. And look, I've had a baby! And I've written an opera!”
“An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“It's true that necessity is the mother of invention. But for those of us without fathers, there is a deeper truth - necessity is the mother of self-invention.”
“Our capacity for fulfillment can come only through faith and feelings. But our capacity for survival must come from reason and knowledge.”

Source : Heinz R. Pagels (2012). “The Cosmic Code: Quantum Physics as the Language of Nature”, p.347, Courier Corporation
“I could wait patiently, but I really wish you would: Drop everything now, meet me in the pourin' rain, Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain; Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile Hit me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down, Give me somethin' that'll haunt me when you're not around; Cause I see sparks fly whenever you . . . smile.”

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