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- London
"Leaders need to be mostly dead. People want solid monuments to cling to, not confused men like themselves"
― Alasdair Gray
― Alasdair Gray
NWR Great quotes
- Thread starter kevin heatherington
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- Location
- Manchester
If that were true, I can think of a number of current politicians who would make excellent leaders.
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- London
“The reasons grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.”
Sam Levenson
Sam Levenson
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- South Africa and UK
“ the secret of enjoying champagne is to give the bottle a vigorous shake or three prior to opening “ Charlie Chaplin
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- West Midlands
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart” - Helen Keller
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- Lanark
Many great quotes here, but an apt one for this place is another Oscar Wilde quote:
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes"
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes"
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- London
Admirable, but I bet she never tried her namesake's Keller Morstein GG.
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- London
“The English are like their own beer: the dregs are at the bottom, the top is nothing but froth, but the middle is quite excellent.”
Voltaire
Voltaire
- Location
- Beaune, France
Work is too high a price to pay for income.
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- Manchester
An interesting Idea, but I don't agree.
Maybe you never get froth at the bottom - it's difficult to be frothy if you are poor - but otherwise dregs, froth and excellence can be found at all levels.
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- London
“The more I get to know people, the more I like dogs.”
French writer Alphonse Toussenel
We have three dogs, so go figure...
And Don has even more, just sayin'
French writer Alphonse Toussenel
We have three dogs, so go figure...
And Don has even more, just sayin'
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- Vienna
"I don't have talent, so I just get up earlier." – Henry Rollins
"We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know."
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it." - Daniel Kahnemann (RIP)
"We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know."
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it." - Daniel Kahnemann (RIP)
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- London
Having left my job to set up my own business last August, I have had a few ups and downs over the last 7-8 months and the following 3 quotes have kept me going:
“Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop”
(Phil Knight, founder of Nike)
“The darkest hour of the night is the one just before dawn.”
(Churchill)
“Memento audere semper / remember always to dare”
(Latin motto, adopted by the fans of SS Lazio)
“Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop”
(Phil Knight, founder of Nike)
“The darkest hour of the night is the one just before dawn.”
(Churchill)
“Memento audere semper / remember always to dare”
(Latin motto, adopted by the fans of SS Lazio)
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- UK
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality”
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
"Has anyone seen my camel?"
(Trying to resist quoting Michael Caine's famous utterance, which usually comes up quickly in such threads. Similar to Godwin's law?)
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- London
A bit grim, but a worthwhile caution: “We only have to be lucky once. You have to be lucky every time.”
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- England
A real life quote from a former flatmate when I challenged him on why he was wearing a suit on a saturday morning: “There’s two types of men who wear suits on a saturday morning, estate agents and guys that got lucky last night.”
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- Deep South of Cambridgeshire
Nice, although arguably more poetic to finish with "on Friday evening"....
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- London
"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Bristow's only 27!"
- The peerless Sid Waddell commentating on Eric Bristow's record extending fifth World Darts Championship.
- The peerless Sid Waddell commentating on Eric Bristow's record extending fifth World Darts Championship.
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- Scotland
That reminded me of Will Self's utterance - "why is the Mr. Universe competition always won by someone from Earth?"
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- Glasgow
Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda
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- London
Playing cricket is not pressure. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse - Keith Miller
As Freud said to Jung in Vienna, you can psych up too much for a darts match - Sid Waddell
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them - Sid again
The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling - Richie Benaud
As Freud said to Jung in Vienna, you can psych up too much for a darts match - Sid Waddell
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them - Sid again
The slow-motion replay doesn't show how fast the ball was really travelling - Richie Benaud
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- Aldeburgh
Haha I love this.
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- Manchester
It was pre-Yoda days, but I'd hate it when working to a deadline, and colleagues used to say "I'll try" - when what I wanted to hear was "Leave it with me. I'll get it done one way or another" or "I'm too busy with higher priority work. Could you give the task to someone else?"
I think of that every time I see or hear the Yoda quotation.
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