"A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend."

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

#Nature Quotes #Royal Quotes #Geese Quotes

“Presidents, leaders, to be effective have to represent the whole to the parts and to the world outside. They may live in the centre but they must not be the centre. To reinforce the common sense they must be a constant teacher, ever travelling, ever talking, ever listening, the chief missionary of the common cause.”
“After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.”
“There's a lot of pressure on kids, period, just to be successful in life.”
“Boycotts tend to make the shunned more popular.”
“After a time," said old Mathers disregarding me, "I mercifully perceived the errors of my ways and the unhappy destination I would reach unless I mended them. I retired from the world in order to try to comprehend it and to find out why it becomes more unsavoury as the years accumulate on a man's body. What do you think I discovered at the end of my meditations?" I felt pleased again. He was now questioning me. "What?" "That No is a better word than Yes," he replied.”
“I would like to take revenge but I'm not looking for excuses for having lost to her”
“There's only one thing that all the successful companies in the world have in common: None was started by one person.”
“I think that, at the end of the day, those voters [Barack Obama voters] are going to join ranks, and it is going to help propel Hillary Clinton to victory.”

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