Meteoric Rise Quotes & Sayings

I would love to meet Martin Luther King. His fearless attitude, leadership, and self-awareness changed our world. — Zulay Henao

Then, in 1979, VisiCalc became the very first massive software hit. VisiCalc was a relatively simple financial modeling spreadsheet, and its existence suddenly gave nongeeks a concrete reason to own a computer, as they realized how much time they could save handling accounting chores, managing inventory lists, and trying out business scenarios. Suddenly Apple enjoyed an unprecedented, meteoric rise. — Brent Schlender

You won't be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don't worry! It's a good sign! — Nellie Melba

No species is more important than others. — Paul Watson

From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art. — Michel Foucault

The hardest things in life are done the least but provide the most. — Greg Plitt

The German is the discipline of fear; ours is the discipline of faith - and faith will triumph. — Joseph Joffre

If you don't follow a good nutritional plan, you're bodybuilding with one arm behind your back. — Shawn Ray

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing. — Alan Ladd

Sorry. I'm too much man for half a woman. — C.D. Reiss

What I say is stupid. Who takes a comedian seriously? I'm doing sophisticated knock-knock jokes. — Carlos Mencia

Behind the meteoric rise of both science and empire lurks one particularly important force: capitalism. Were — Yuval Noah Harari

Oh, and I certainly don't suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I. — Emilie Autumn

Theophilus Crowe wrote bad free-verse poetry and played a jimbai drum while sitting on a rock by the ocean. He could play sixteen chords on the guitar and knew five Bob Dylan songs all the way through, allowing for a dampening buzz any time he had to play a bar chord. He had tried his hand at painting, sculpture, and pottery and had even played a minor part in the Pine Cove Little Theater's revival of Arsenic and Old Lace. In all of these endeavors, he had experienced a meteoric rise to mediocrity and quit before total embarrassment and self-loathing set in. Theo was cursed with an artist's soul but no talent. He possessed the angst and the inspiration, but not the means to create. — Christopher Moore