"Covetous ambition, thinking all too little which presently it hath, supposeth itself to stand in need of that which it hath not."

-- Walter Raleigh

#Ambition Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Littles Quotes

“I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in the present day.”
“If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy bombardment of the position, would it ever occur to me to speak of a conquest of the terrain in question? Obviously not. Then why should I do so in chess?”
“I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance.”

Source : "Legendary Short Seller Jim Chanos Shares The Method To His Madness" by Linette Lopez, www.businessinsider.com. May 10, 2012.
“Start with the impossible. Proceed calmly towards the improbable. No worry, there are at least five exits.”
“All TV is, is really: 'Don't you want to be this, aren't you glad you're not that.' There's nothing really in the middle.”
“The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.”
“...she still cannot resist looking out the window every couple of minutes. The sound of a passing truck causes her to glance away. Even if there is no sound, the weight of a hundred seconds always turns her head.”

Source : Mark Z. Danielewski (2000). “Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves”
“Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that's all. I don't know if he's right, but I do know that I spend a long time existing, and now, I intend to live.”

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