Mcilvanney On Boxing Quotes & Sayings

The follies that produced the loss of American virtue following Vietnam begin with continuous overreacting, in the invention of endangered national security, the invention of vital interest, the invention of a commitment which rapidly assumed a life of its own . — Barbara W. Tuchman

If you don't have time for the small things, you won't have time for the big things — Richard Branson

As the number of female gubernatorial candidates increases, we believe that the opportunities to elect more women to the governorship will also expand. It appears that as more women run for and win local, state, and national offices, the candidate pool of women with ample political experience to run for governor and mount viable campaigns also increases. — Sue Thomas

Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution. — Noam Chomsky

A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority, but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them. — Sloane Crosley

I don't get myself caught up in the rhetoric of any personal comments that are made. — Roger Goodell

And still I wander, seeking compensation in unforseen encounters and unexpected sights, in sunsets, storms and passing fancies. — Charles Kuralt

The Soul is shriveled up and buried in a grave that does not love. — Thomas Traherne

A man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of life getting his living. — Henry David Thoreau

This belief realistic? Is it opposed to the facts of life? Is this belief logical? Is it contradictory to itself or to my other beliefs? Can I prove this belief? Can I falsify it? Does this belief prove that the universe has a law of deservingness or undeservingness? If I act well, do I completely deserve a good life, and if I act badly, do I totally deserve a bad existence? If I continue to strongly hold the belief (and to have the feelings and do the acts it often creates), will I perform well, get the results I want to get, and lead a happier life? Or will holding it tend to make me less happy? — Albert Ellis