"I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis."

-- T. Boone Pickens

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Gambling Quotes

“That was a f****g dumb question. If I didn't think I was gonna win, why the hell would I be fighting?!”

Source : "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.
“Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.”
“sex is a commodity just like anything else.”

Source : Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books
“There's a dark side to everything.”
“Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.”
“The luxury of ostentation affords a much less substantial and solid gratification, than the luxury of comfort, if I may be allowed the expression.”
“The truth alone has never set anyone free. It is only DOUBT which will bring about mental emancipation. Without the wonderful element of doubt, the doorway through which truth passes would be tightly shut, impervious to the strenuous poundings of a thousand Lucifer's.”
“My whole life I had seen my father solve every problem he had through the use of violence.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com

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