Overachieved Quotes & Sayings

Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general good can be served. — Vaclav Havel

In our hurried world too little value is attached to the part of the connoisseur and dilettante. — Edith Wharton

Love manufactures every man into a poet while the fever lasts. — Rosa Campbell Praed

Yes, high school...the land of drama queens and egocentric football players. — Hermione Daguin

Back in the '60s and '70s, data were scarce, and while analysts knew that companies with fat gross margins lagged those with thin gross margins early in bull markets - and overachieved in the later phases - they couldn't do much about it. — Kenneth Fisher

Paradoxically, our imperial global Anglo-American language is dull with the glitter of its own decay. In response, the new meta- physical poet might consider the following cleansing strategies: keep faith with the canonical writers of the past, study Homeric Greek, excavate etymologies, embrace threatened languages, practice the fine art of translation, listen regularly to the musical flow of the breath and the beat of the heart, switch off the television, become a votary of silence.
Here lies the beginning of freedom. — Peter Abbs

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. — C. G. Jung

The Americans are right: there should not be taxation unless the people consent to it. And it should be fair, which means the nobility and clergy should be taxed as well. — Michelle Moran

I made your sorrow mine also, that you might have help in bearing it. — Oscar Wilde

Colin Kaepernick has the tools to be one of the greatest of all time — Ron Jaworski

Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field. — Peter Adams

Cordelia thought they looked like brothers, and had the guess confirmed when the younger said, "Look, there's Father, three seats behind old Vortala. Which one's the new regent?" "The bandy-legged character in the red and blues, just sitting down to Vortala's right." Cordelia and Vorpatril exchanged a look behind their backs, and Cordelia put a finger to her lips. Vorpatril grinned and shrugged. "What's the word on him in the Service? — Lois McMaster Bujold

Dormitories are even cooler than I thought they would be," Eva said. "They're like a prison, but the sex is worse," Braque said. — J. Ryan Stradal

What if half the things ever said / Turned out to be a lie / How will you know the truth / If you were given all the answers / And you stopped to wonder why ... — Prince