"I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects.... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that [my children] should be bred up in it too."

-- William Cobbett

#Sweet Quotes #Children Quotes #Father Quotes

“Crazy frustration, about my lovin situation; When patience was a virtue...but I wasn't used to waitin.”
“Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.”
“Sports is human life in microcosm.”

Source : HOWARD COSELL (1973). “COSELL”
“I am a very complicated person.”
“I am not young enough to know everything.”

Source : The Admirable Crichton (performed 1902, pubd. 1914) act 1
“Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.”

Source : Siegbert Tarrasch (2012). “The Game of Chess”, p.11, Courier Corporation
“Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.”
“Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and she'd say: 'Certainly my angel, my wee bundle of happiness, hold my beer while I fetch me banjo.'”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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