"I'm very pleased and very proud of my accomplishments, but I'm most proud of that (hitting four-hundred home runs and three-thousand hits). Not (Ted) Williams, not (Lou) Gehrig, not (Joe) DiMaggio did that. They were Cadillacs and I'm a Chevrolet."

-- Carl Yastrzemski

#Running Quotes #Home Quotes #Accomplishment Quotes

“I am younger each year at the first snow. When I see it, suddenly, in the air, all little and white and moving; then I am in love again and very young and I believe everything.”

Source : Anne Sexton, Linda Gray Sexton, Lois Ames (2004). “Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters”, p.45, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.”
“We don't sell a watch to give time. We sell a piece of art. We sell an object that represents something to you, you know. It's like you have a nice shirt or a nice jacket. It's like a luxury accessories that can be considered like shoes or like handbags for ladies.”
“As I get older, I realize all I've done is sing and act and hone those skills.”
“My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.”
“It is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. ... Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition.”
“Your ego gets activated real quick, you really want to impress yourself. But when you come back to it, sometimes you're like, "Yeah, this part? I don't know. This guy needs a lot of help."”
“Even in your smallest gestures, you express your sense of honor, if you have one.”

Source : Brian Morton (2007). “Starting Out in the Evening”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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