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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
Florence Nightingale1820–1910Cassandra (1860)
- Change
The progressive world is necessarily divided into two classes — those who take the best of what there is and enjoy it — those who wish for something better and try to create it.
Florence Nightingale1820–1910Cassandra (1860)
- Change
- Motivation & Goals
Always remember, others may hate you- but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
Richard Nixon1913–1994Speech to the assembled White House staff before his final departure (August 9, 1974)
As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.
Richard Nixon1913–1994
- Journalism
I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well I’m not a crook.
Richard Nixon1913–1994Televised press conference with 400 Associated Press Managing Editors at Walt Disney World, Florida. (November 17, 1973)
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding⁠—
Riding⁠—riding⁠—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
Alfred Noyes1880–1958The Highwayman (1906)In context
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
POP. J. O'Rourke1947–2022
- Government
- Luck
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
POP. J. O'Rourke1947–2022Modern Manners (1983)
Traffic was like a bad dog. It wasn’t important to look both ways when crossing the street; it was important to not show fear.
POP. J. O'Rourke1947–2022All the Trouble in the World (1994)
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face⁠—forever.
George Orwell1903–1950Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault when there is no whip.
George Orwell1903–1950“As I Please,” Tribune (7 July 1944)
Nothing is stronger than habit.
Ovid43 BC–AD 17Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Book II, line 345
They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen.
Ovid43 BC–AD 17Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love), Book I, line 99 (tr. Henry T. Riley)
For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
Jesse Owens1913–1980
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.
Thomas Paine1737–1809“The Crisis” (written 19 December 1776, published 23 December 1776), no. 1, in Moncure D. Conway, ed., The Writings of Thomas Paine (1894), vol. 1, p. 170.