"Never buy gold, simply earn it"

--

Mary Kom

“At one point, I was painting shells and selling them at gas stations for five cents. I was six years old or something.”
“Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.”

Source : Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.67, Library of Alexandria
“When I go to buy a book, I always ask if it is right for me at this time, something I need right now. I think a lot of people go out and buy books because they love to read. They read it really fast and then move on to the next book. I don't do that.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual.”
“I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.”
“Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. Remarking on the complexity of Ptolemaic model of the universe after it was explained to him. Footnote: Carlyle says, in his History of Frederick the Great, book ii. chap. vii. that this saying of Alphonso about Ptolemy's astronomy, 'that it seemed a crank machine; that it was pity the Creator had not taken advice,' is still remembered by mankind, - this and no other of his many sayings.”
“I've been writing for decades that balance is an inapt metaphor as it necessarily entails tradeoffs.”
“Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS...”

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