"We rarely recognize how wonderful it is that a person can traverse an entire lifetime without making a single really serious mistake â€” like putting a fork in one's eye or using a window instead of a door."

-- Marvin Minsky

#Mistake Quotes #Eye Quotes #Doors Quotes

“I study nature so as not to do foolish things.”
“A wasted human being--that's a sort of practical blasphemy, according to my religion.”

Source : Samuel Hopkins Adams (2013). “Wanted: A Husband: (With Original Illustrations)”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
“Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.”
“Our #â€Ž imagination is ten times more potent than our #â€Ž willpower .”
“Individuals who succeed have a belief in the power of commitment. If there's a single belief that seems almost inseparable from success, it's that there's no great success without commitment. If you look at successful people in any field, you'll find they're not necessarily the best and the brightest, the fastest and the strongest. You'll find they're the ones with the most commitment.”
“There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.”
“I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.”
“Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks.”

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