"When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out."

-- Phyllis Bottome

#Pay Quotes #Realist Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“If we had not met, that day, I think I would have imagined you somehow.”
“If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.”
“I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.”
“You don't have much faith in people, do you?' asked David. 'I don't have much faith in anything,' Roland replied. 'Not even in myself.”
“...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.”
“The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or the Masters of Evil. I don't believe any character believes their goals to be truly evil.”
“People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones.”
“It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life for forty years, you've just got to say, 'John, if I bring my journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?'”

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