Ecstatically Pleasing Quotes & Sayings

I said to the players before the start, 'Just go out and give it 100 per cent. I am not asking for any more than that'. — Carlton Palmer

Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people. — Orison Swett Marden

It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account. — Douglas Hofstadter

We should strengthen the faith of our people in their own future, the faith of every Canadian in Canada, and of every province in its sister province. This faith wrongs no one; burdens no one; menaces no one; dishonors no one; and, as it was said of old, faith moves mountains, so I venture reverently to express my own belief that if the difficulties of our future as a dominion were as high as the peaks of the Alps or Andes, yet that the pure patriotic faith of a united people would be all sufficient to overcome and ultimately to triumph over all such difficulties. — Thomas D'Arcy McGee

There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream. — Dan Gable

Chubs jumped out of the driver's seat, leaving the engine running. oh, thank God. I saw you both on the ground and thought you killed each other. — Alexandra Bracken

Well, you know, in America everybody is interested in making the dollar fast. In Yugoslavia no matter how much you hustle you're not going to get rich, so you might as well play chess. — Bobby Fischer

Stories were a living thing. They changed to suit the teller or the times. — Sandra Dallas

Today, a young person that doesn't know themselves will totally be sold some other situation. Let's do your avatar. You know? And young people are going out, spending what little they have to try to buy themselves when they don't have themselves, or they feel like they don't have themselves. To me, that's like a damn pimp tragedy. — Chuck D

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. — Oscar Wilde

I tried to go to Kosovo to establish a statue to commemorate those who died during the wars, and to discuss moving on, so we could move into a new era. But I was banned from there. — Ivica Dacic

You're not a man, you're a mushroom! — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God. — Billy Graham

There are people who help you in life. I've been given a helping hand, and that's why I feel it's my duty to help younger artists. — Hugo Pratt