"I dare say that I have worked off my fundamental formula on you that the chief end of man is to frame general propositions and that no general proposition is worth a damn."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#Men Quotes #Chiefs Quotes #Ends Quotes

“As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.”
“I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.”
“The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted.”
“It forms a strong presumption against all supernatural and miraculous relations, that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and barbarous nations; or if a civilized people has ever given admission to any of them, that people will be found to have received them from ignorant and barbarous ancestors.”
“Either you were a hoodlum, or you were a puddle on the sidewalk.”
“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”
“When I accept a role, I feel that as an artist I have to submit completely to the tutelage of my director. And while I expect to be heard and encouraged and honored, at the end of the day, man, it's the way the director wants it.”
“Don't let the opinions of others define who you are. Take them into consideration, make adjustments if necessary and then go be you!”

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