"If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it."

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Source : Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

Donald Rumsfeld

#Trying Quotes #Please Quotes

“Galinda didn't often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversations was flow.”
“All of you here have one hundred thousand bad drawings in you. The sooner you get rid of them, the better it will be for everyone.”

Source : Chuck Jones (1999). “Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist”, p.61, Macmillan
“The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.”
“Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.”

Source : "Bobby Jones said play the ball as it lies. Tiger Woods has done just that", www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.
“All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart.”

Source : "Two Sides of War" l. 1 (1930) See Herbert Hoover 5
“American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate.”
“Don't be afraid to reach for the stars”

Source : Interview with Sean Traynor, mag.amazing-kids.org. April 2010.
“Attitude is tremendously important in chasing success - in any field of endeavour. That's why I believe talent alone will get you very little in this world.”

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