"Nothing is so useless as a general maxim."

--

Thomas B. Macaulay

#Useless Quotes #Maxims Quotes

“So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes the feeling that life is great just swells up inside you and fills you with joy.”
“I embraced, I think, the process of becoming No. 1 of the world, which was long and difficult, but it's sweeter in the end.”
“a man does not cry because he is sad, he is sad because he cries”
“Some sports teams hate each other in the locker room and that's what makes them great.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game which can unite people and generations! It's a language which you'll find people "speak" in every country. If you reach a certain level you find a very rich world! Art, sport, logic, psychology, a battlefield, imagination, creativity not only in practical games but don't forget either how amazing a feeling it is to compose a study, for example (unfortunately that's not appreciated these days but it's a fantastic part of chess!).”
“I think there's something so attractive about mystery.”
“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.”

Source : Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Autocrat Of The Breakfast Table”, p.114, Reprint Services Corporation

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