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All Quotes Collection

"No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less."
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"Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world."
51

"Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity."
43

"Marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank."
48

"Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live."
38

"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author."
54

"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us."
44

"Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth."
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"Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do."
16

"It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men."
72

"It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues."
49

"If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other."
56

"I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found."
God,
38

"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."
22

"And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner, racking his brain to record and report what he thinks that they think that they ought to have thought."
34

"Even in November 1938, after five years of anti-Semitic legislation and persecution, they still owned, according to the Times correspondent in Berlin, something like a third of the real property in the Reich."
51

"Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words."
25

"Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit."
66

"Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those."
83

"I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be."
50

"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."
60

"I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like."
46

"I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens."
49

"Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise."
45

"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
35

"Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half."
49

"There's no use fussing on a boy who doesn't have any ability."
39

"In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway."
60

"If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards."
38

"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second."
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