"My father was a very contradictory man."

-- John Malkovich

#Father Quotes #Men Quotes #Contradictory Quotes

“First of all, a man, whether seeking achievement on the athletic field or in business, must want to win. He must feel that the thing he is doing is worthwhile; so worthwhile that he is willing to pay the price of success to attain distinction.”
“All things are connected like the blood which unites one family.”
“Why won't you run in the rain and play, let the tears splash all over you?”
“The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor the left.”
“I donâ€™t want to explain to somebody what pollen is. That is the secret and the beauty and the power and the potential of all this.”
“I regret the time and resources needed to undertake this but... it is right to lay this accusation to rest.”
“Only those works which are well-written will pass to posterity: the amount of knowledge, the uniqueness of the facts, even the novelty of the discoveries are no guarantees of immortality ... These things are exterior to a man but style is the man himself.”

Source : Discours sur le Style (1753)
“Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and tales, collected and ed., with a memoir, by J.C. Hare”, p.146

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