"The common man is impelled and controlled by interests; the superior, by ideas."

-- John Lancaster Spalding

#Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Common Quotes

“Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.”

Source : "Two-Way Ticket to Paradise', book review of Thor Heyerdahl, Fatu-Hiva". The New York Times, August 29, 1975.
“The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honor the territorial imperative.”
“We only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding.”

Source : Steven Hall (2005). “The Raw Shark Texts”, p.252, Canongate Books
“Last season I scored 27 goals but still lost out against Robert Lewandowski. This season has started very well for me, but again I have some tough opponents, most notably with Anthony Modeste from FC Koln. I texted him the other day: "Keep calm, my friend." I am happy for him to be so successful. And in a certain way it even helps me. The better the other strikers are, the more I have to work to be to be ahead of them.”
“You cannot create employees without first creating employers.”

Source : Jack Kemp (1991*). “Secretary Jack Kemp Addresses the National Alliance of Business: Getting America and the World Moving Again : Democractic Capitalism in a New Millennium of Freedom : Washington, D.C., October 7, 1991”
“Eee-nee-mee-nee-my-nee-moe”

Source : Vocal warmup, Guitar World, October 1990.
“To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear. If it's a wet track, then it's worse as you're not in control most of the time, which is the thing all drivers fear the most.”
“Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects us to larger worlds that, in the busyness of our daily struggle to achieve, we have not yet investigated. Silence is the soul's break for freedom.”

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