"We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability."

-- Richard Sennett

#Inability Quotes #Obsession Quotes #Failing Quotes

“The contempt of money is no more a virtue than to wash one's hand is one; but one does not willingly shake hands with a man that never washes his.”
“One can make a case that says that since 85% of children being brought up in single family homes are being brought up by women that about 85% of elementary school teachers should be males to balance out the feminization that the boys and girls receive.”
“Empathy is a human trait. But lots of humans exercise some traits more energetically than others. By "the usefulness of empathy" I mean the way in which a progressive might claim that empathy is a crucial aspect of any benign political system, and the way a conservative might argue that not only is it not necessary, but it might not even be all that helpful, in that regard.”

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“To imagine being in Germany having a home crowd is kind of silly, but we'll take it.”
“Starting our day off with a dose of negativity can have lasting effects.”
“Are you accusing me of reading? ~ Ridley”
“My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.”
“Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.”

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