"One of the sophisms of Chrysippus was, "If you have not lost a thing, you have it."

-- Diogenes Laertius

#Lost Quotes #Ifs Quotes

“It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind.”
“I believe there is no other difference between those who are called courageous and those who are branded craven than that the second are fearful before the danger and the first after it. No one can be much frightened, certainly, during a period of great and immanent peril -- the mind is too much concentrated on the thing itself, and on the actions necessary to meet or avoid it. The coward is a coward, then, because he has brought his fear with him; persons we think cowardly will sometimes amaze us by their bravery, if they have had no forewarning of their danger.”
“What we were most hoping to achieve with Shots Fired: empathy for all of the characters and conversations about our criminal justice system, which is broken on every level, from the street all the way up to the highest level of government.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Millions of Americans would still despair in the eight long years of the Depression that lay ahead and many of their individual dreams would be dashed on the rocks of economic hardship. But collectively, the country was in a new place, with a new confidence that the federal government would actively try to solve problems rather than fiddle or cater to the rich. Hope was no longer for Pollyannas; the cynics about the American system were in retreat.”

Source : Jonathan Alter (2007). “The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope”, p.306, Simon and Schuster
“What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?”
“All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money.”
“Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.”

Source : Harry Vardon (2010). “The Complete Golfer”, p.168, Cosimo, Inc.
“The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential.”

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