"Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?" I would even ask others, "Do you suppose this Butterbelly can think?" And all I would get in reply was a look. At the age of eighteen, I left the state."

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Source : "Do Fish Think, Really?". "How to Become Extinct". Book by Will Cuppy, 1941.

Will Cuppy

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Age Quotes

“Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.”
“I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don't succeed, I consider it my own fault.”
“Success isn't one straight line - it's a ladder, and there's always another rung above you to reach out for. Like anything else, there are ups and downs.”

Source : "Joan Jett Opens Up About Her Biggest Transformation Yet And Looks Back On What Could've Been". Interview with Amy Rose Spiegel, www.buzzfeed.com. September 10, 2013.
“I suspect that a lot of the stress we see around us arises from the cognitive dissonance set up by one side of the brain hearing very plausible spin while the other side knows it just ain't so.”
“The secret of success is to make your mind work for you - not against you. This means constantly being positive, constantly setting up challenges you can meet - either today, next week, or next month etc.”
“If the saying "the Temple Mount in our hands," is portrayed as incitement to the police, there's no need to change the saying, but the police.”
“If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.”

Source : Quoted in Wash. Post, 15 Apr. 1976
“Coming up through high school, coaches would tell me not to swing so hard. It's the only way I know. It just happens.”

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