"Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life."

-- Sean O'Casey

#Men Quotes #Law Quotes #Goes On Quotes

“If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep, The sky if no longer dark tempests deform; When our perils are past shall our gratitude sleep? No! Here's to the pilot that weather'd the storm!”

Source : George Canning (1842). “Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary Biographical Sketch, and an Appendix, of Extracts from His Writings and Speeches”, p.559
“When asked to make the formal declaration that I did not intend to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, I was fool enough to reply that I had no such purpose, but that were I to do it by mistake I should be inexpressibly contrite.”
“There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable”

Source : "A Theory of Roughness". The Edge Interview, www.edge.org. December 20, 2004.
“Whether we have the best individual players doesnt matter, you have to have the best team”
“All requires courage.”
“My use of evenly repeated dots and diagonal lines and uninflected color areas suggest that my work is right where it is, right on the canvas, definitely not a window into the world.”

Source : Roy Lichtenstein, Jack Cowart, Katonah Museum of Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens (2009). “Lichtenstein in process”
“The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.”
“Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!”

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