"Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by a whiff of arrogance."

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Alistair Cooke

#Ambition Quotes #Golf Quotes #Skills Quotes

“The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.”
“Acting is about covering up traces of who you are and just being the character. I think it's easier to accept people in roles if you don't know a lot about them.”
“Drinking rum before 10 am makes you a pirate, not an alcoholic.”
“Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.”
“The experience of previous years leads to one conclusion: there is one morality in politics and another for economy. In the years since 1989, the morality of the economy has fully prevailed over the ethics of politics and democracy.”
“I just wanted to say one more thing: I also think that when you go to play music, you're there to play music.”
“The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment against those whose incomes are larger than their own. This bias makes it impossible for them to see things as they really are. For them the main thing is not to improve the conditions of the masses, but to harm the entrepreneurs and capitalists even if this policy victimizes the immense majority of the people.”
“Love is to be nurtured, protected, and respected, and entered into with a clear mind and a sound heart.”

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