"Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence."

-- Theognis of Megara

#Men Quotes #Giving Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.”
“I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.”
“We retire too early and we die too young, our prime of life should be in the 70's and old age should not come until we are almost 100.”
“Itâ€™s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. Itâ€™s not the end-all, be-all of my life.”
“The only requisite to entry into the Middle Passage is to have discovered that one does not know who one is, that there are no rescuers, no Mommy or Daddy, and that one's fellow travelers will do well to survive themselves.”
“And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.”
“I used to go to the gym regularly and swim an awful lot, but that was when I was unemployed and knew leisure intimately.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror: Mark Gatiss" by Mark Gatiss, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2009.
“I know what's like to be young and have atrocious spelling, spelling words all backwards, mixing up numbers, addresses. and things like that.”

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