"I only know that all is lost, and that nothing can help me unless I inherit money, strike oil or go to work."

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Source : Will Cuppy (1929). “How to be a Hermit: Or, A Bachelor Keeps House”, Castrovilli Giuseppe

Will Cuppy

#Oil Quotes #Helping Quotes #Help Me Quotes

“Neumann, to a physicist seeking help with a difficult problem: Simple. This can be solved by using the method of characteristics. Physicist: I'm afraid I don't understand the method of characteristics. Neumann: In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.”
“When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.”
“I don't think anyone masters parenthood.”
“Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.”
“Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.”
“No. Absolutely not.â€ â€œSimon,â€ she said. â€œItâ€™s a perfectly fine plan.â€ â€œThe plan where you follow Jace and Sebastian off to some unknown dimensional pocket and we use these rings to communicate so those of us over here in the regular dimension of Earth can track you down? That plan?â€ â€œYes.â€ â€œNo,â€ he said. â€œNo, it isnâ€™t.â€ Clary sat back. â€œYou donâ€™t just get to say no.â€ â€œThis plan involves me! I get to say no! No.â€ â€œSimonâ€”â€ Simon patted the seat beside him as if someone were sitting there. â€œLet me introduce you to my good friend No.”
“...I don't have concrete plans for the future. I just think of success and keep a successful attitude. Success is 99 percent preparation. If you set yourself up for winning, rarely will you fail.”
“It is a flaw In happiness to see beyond our bourn, - It forces us in summer skies to mourn, It spoils the singing of the nightingale.”

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