"Over the years I have met a lot of important people, but no one as important as Elvis Presley."

-- Art Buchwald

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“Rather than being afraid to ask for help, remember this: When you ask someone to help you, you are actually doing them a tremendous favor by giving them an opportunity to feel needed.”

Source : Richard Carlson (2002). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff”
“I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato”
“A top World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: those who go out to kill and those who, secretly, desperately, know they are going to get killed-the hunters and the hunted.”
“The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that must be prosecuted and what constitutes that "past" which "ought not to be stirred up.”
“What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.”
“Let go of your story so the Universe can write a new one for you.”
“Very few people realize the enormous bulk of contemporary mathematics. Probably it would be easier to learn all the languanges of the world than to master all mathematics at present known.”

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