"Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off."

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Source : Lois McMaster Bujold (1999). “Komarr”, p.118, Baen Books

Lois McMaster Bujold

#Feet Quotes #Missing Quotes #Target Quotes

“Being a singer is not just for popularity, it is more like cheering people's hearts and never forget my root.”
“If it was just me and Elvis one on one, which only happened once or twice in the times that I did see him, it was a really comfortable. He was a cool guy. Easy laugh, nice guy.”

Source : Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. May 9, 2015.
“What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.”
“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”
“When starting a new business, people get blinders on. They have an idea, they stick to the idea, but they don't test it or check with their potential audience to see if this is a good idea. It happens all the time. Talk to your customers, see what they like and what you can change or not change.”
“Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.”

Source : Nelson Algren (2011). “The Man with the Golden Arm: 50th Anniversary Critical Edition”, p.455, Seven Stories Press
“Studying elephants is like going back into prehistoric times. In size, elephants are the closest thigns we have to dinosaurs. There are days when I feel as though there is nothing we can do for elephants - I feel that the only good I am doing is recording the extinction of one of the most magnificent animals that ever walked the earth.”
“Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree.”

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