"Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people."

-- Cal Stoll

#Motivation Quotes #Men Quotes #People Quotes

“...that was Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things to Have a Funner LIfe and Make a Better Liar Out of Yourself Number 83...If a Adult Tells You Not to Worry, and You Weren't Worried Before, You Better Hurry Up and Start 'Cause You're Already Running Late.”

Source : Christopher Paul Curtis, Holt Rinehart & Winston (2002). “Bud, not Buddy: with connections”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
“God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them.”
“Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.”
“He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.”
“Want me to spend the night? Hey lover boy, you know I will, and my best girlfriend lives down the road, together we will thrill you.”
“It is my experience that marriage does not make one happier. It destroys the illusion that has been the essence of one's previous existence, that there existed something like a soul-mate. The feeling of not being understood is heightened in marriage by the fact that one's entire life beforehand had the aim of finding a being who would understand one. But isn't it better to exist without such an illusion and look this great lonely truth straight in the eye?”
“I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in holding to that extremity throughout their lives.”
“With every script, I write a note to my collaborator that says: 'I write full script. But see it as a guide. You take us where we need to go any way you see fit. I tried to write something specifically for you. If you agree with my choices, fine. If not, you do what you have to do.'”

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