"To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No, I said, he was a failure. You can't remember a nobody's name, that's why they're called nobodies. Failures are unforgettable."

--

Source : Philip Schultz (2009). “Failure”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Philip Schultz

#Father Quotes #Names Quotes #People Quotes

“Thank you for bringing me to ThunderClan. Tell Bluestar I have always been grateful for the home she gave me. This is a good place to die. I only regret that I will miss watching you become what StarClan has destined you to be.”
“This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father.”
“The madness of demons is rage - the madness of angels - hope.”

Source : A. A. Attanasio, Jeff Bigman (2011). “The Dragon and the Unicorn: The Perilous Order of Camelot, Volume One”, p.103, A. A. Attanasio
“The imagination is the goal of history. I see culture as an effort to literally realize our collective dreams.”
“A cat won't curry favor even if it's in their best interests to do so. A cat can't be a hypocrite. If more preachers were like cats, this would be a more religious country.”
“Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring.”

Source : Forrest Griffin, Erich Krauss (2009). “Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat”, p.19, Harper Collins
“Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.”

Source : HELEN WILLS “TENNIS”
“And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh.”

You may also like: