"Ability has nothing to do with opportunity."

-- Napoleon Bonaparte

#Smart Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Ability Quotes

“There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you”
“It's really important that we not replicate what came before us, but we do something of our own, that's reflective of our own time, of contemporary society.”
“Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.”
“Bad music is the attempt to imitate something that has very strong rules and grammar.”
“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.”

Source : Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). “Paine: Political Writings”, p.100, Cambridge University Press
“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant.”
“I love sandwiches. Let's face it, life is better between two pieces of bread.”
“Lying in bed, I abandoned the facts again and was back in Ambrosia.”

Source : Billy Liar ch. 1 (1959)

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