"As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, â€œAll mortal greatness is but disease."

-- Nathaniel Philbrick

#Greatness Quotes #Men Quotes #Ahab Quotes

“Many people don't focus enough on execution. If you make a commitment to get something done, you need to follow through on that commitment.”

Source : "CEO Forum: AmEx chief talks about credit's future". CEO Forum at Cornell University with AmEx's Chenault, usatoday30.usatoday.com. April 9, 2008.
“The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others.”
“Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.”
“What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.”
“When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have IÂ wasted any more time on tobacco.â€â€œAfter I die I shall return to earth as the doorkeeper of a bordello and I won't let a oneÂ of you in.”
“For me, the hardest part of an injury is watching the races go by that I had hoped to compete in. The only thing that makes it easier is thinking of how certain struggles make other accomplishments mean so much.”
“Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools.”

Source : Norman Geisler, Frank Turek (2003). “Legislating Morality: Is It Wise? Is It Legal? Is It Possible?”, p.93, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“I like people and I like hearing their stories. The way that they deliver them is always very particular and I think that their accents are integral to that.”

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