"Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it."

-- Franklin P. Adams

#Public Speaking Quotes #Futility Quotes

“It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.”
“Adults have big, big wishes that we do not expect to come true. That is why we need so many more candles on our cakes.”

Source : Susan Patron, Matt Phelan (2009). “Lucky Breaks”, p.67, Simon and Schuster
“Now they talk on the radio about the record set by (Babe) Ruth, and (Joe) DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely mention mine. Do you know what I have to show for the sixty-one home runs? Nothing, exactly nothing.”
“Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take us on a journey. All I do is tell those stories without scripts and without actors.”

Source : "Burnett is reality TV survivor". www.cnn.com. April 19, 2004.
“Have an anchor so that life doesn't toss you around.”
“Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.”
“Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out." This unwittingly stomps out individuality and encourages conformity, despite these parents' good intentions”

Source : Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton (2007). “How Full Is Your Bucket? Educator's Edition: Positive Strategies for Work and Life”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
“I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.”

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