"Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow."

-- Sholom Aleichem

#Clever Quotes #Smart Quotes #Winning Quotes

“Probably nature itself gave man the ability to lie so that in difficult and tense moments he could protect his nest, just as do the vixen and wild duck.”
“Shampoo doesnâ€™t have to foam, but we add foaming chemicals because people expect it each time they wash their hair. Same thing with laundry detergent. And toothpasteâ€”now every company adds sodium laureth sulfate to make toothpaste foam more. Thereâ€™s no cleaning benefit, but people feel better when thereâ€™s a bunch of suds around their mouth. Once the customer starts expecting that foam, the habit starts growing.”
“Differentiating from parental introjects and psychological defences based on the emotional pain of childhood is essential not only for neurotic or seriously disturbed individuals; it is a central developmental issue in every personâ€™s life.”

Source : Robert W. Firestone, Lisa Firestone, Joyce Catlett (2012). “The Self Under Siege: A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation”, p.12, Routledge
“Andy says, I don't understand how they can give loans to people who want to spend two weeks lying on the sand at the goddam Jersey shore and then turn down a woman with three kids hanging on by her fingernails.”
“Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.”
“I'd rather be at the end of a dying tradition, which I admire, than at the beginning of a tradition which I deplore.”
“I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains.”

Source : Buffalo Bill, W. F. Cody (2012). “Buffalo Bill's Life Story: An Autobiography”, p.12, Courier Corporation
“Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.”

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