"You have to be eligible for luck to strike, and I think that's a matter of education and preparation, and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at."

-- James A. Michener

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Motivation gets you through the day, but inspiration lasts a lifetime.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 30, 2016
“There's a man going 'round taking names / And he decides who to free and who to blame / Everybody won't be treated all the same / There'll be a golden ladder reaching down / When the Man comes around.”
“I'd like to end the book a lot of ways. Except I don't have any answers. Use your common sense. Be nice. This is the best I can do. All the trouble in the world is human trouble. Well, that's not true. But when cancer cells run amok and burst out of the prostate and take over the liver and lymph glands and end up killing everything in the body including themselves, they certainly are acting like some humans we know.”
“I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.”
“Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.”
“Economics, as it has emerged, can be made more productive by paying greater and more explicit attention to the ethical considerations that shape human behaviour and judgment.”
“It is now time to reverse the trend we have seen developing over the years, that of beauty at all costs and health will take care of itself.”
“I've never quit anything in my life.”

Source : "Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, in his own words: Editorial". www.thestar.com. December 26, 2014.

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