“ I do not fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me, which is pounding, saying, "Keep going. Someone must be on top; why not you?". ”
- George S. Patton- Copy
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“ If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim.". ”
- Lyndon B. Johnson- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. This can't be done, except by liars. ”
- Bernard Baruch- Copy
- 1.5K
“ That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next. ”
- John Stuart Mill- Copy
- 519
“ If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. ”
- James A. Garfield- Copy
- 263
“ Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. ”
- George Champman- Copy
- 1.6K
“ It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive. ”
- Bertolt Brecht- Copy
- 528
“ Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. ”
- Dag Hammarskjold- Copy
- 3K
“ It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world. ”
- William Cobbett- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Dreading that climax of all human ills the inflammation of his weekly bills. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 453
“ The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top. ”
- Pete Dye- Copy
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“ At the top of the cycle you write policies for everybody, no matter how bad, and at the bottom you cancel everybody, no matter how good. It's a manic-depressive cycle. ”
- Robert Hunter- Copy
- 608
“ There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes, Might furnish crowns for all the Queens of earth. ”
- Philip James Bailey- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 feet per second, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter. ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
- 3K
“ In the mountains the shortest route is from peak to peak, but for that you must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks: and those to whom they are spoken should be big and tall of stature. ”
- Friedrich Nietzsche- Copy
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“ Television is now so desparately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel. ”
- Gore Vidal- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.6K
“ Success is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one. ”
- Barbara Streisand- Copy
- 543
“ Homesickness is a bit like seasickness. You don't know how awful it is unti you get it, and when you do, it hits you right in the top of the stomach and you want to die. ”
- Roald Dahl- Copy
- 2.7K
“ But that's not so with John. He was very much at the height of his popularity and his creativity. It's a tragedy. ”
- Buddy Holly- Copy
- 318
“ You mean in the state? (when asked if he felt his team should be ranked in the Top Twenty this season). ”
- Abe Lemons- Copy
- 2K
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