"Be brief, be pointed, let your matter standLucid in order, solid and at hand;Spend not your words on trifles but condense;Strike with the mass of thought, not drops of sense;Press to close with vigor, once begun,And leave, (how hard the task!) leave off, when done."

-- Joseph Story

#Hands Quotes #Order Quotes #Tasks Quotes

“Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I dont know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.”
“The world is what you make of it, friend.Â If it doesnâ€™t fit, you make alterations.”
“The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers.”

Source : "Designer Profile: John Varvatos's Expanded Stage". www.esquire.com. May 31, 2012.
“There are three things: to walk, to see, and to see what you see.”
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
“Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.”

Source : Erwin Mitsch, Egon Schiele (1988). “The art of Egon Schiele”
“Bear in Mind...that all Histories from the Rock at Plymouth, and Jamestown to the present time, have been made by white men, and a man who tells his own story, is always right until the adversary's tale is told.”

Source : Sam Houston (1941). “The writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863”
“Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.”

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