Quotations
Teddy David Mills
May 2002
"Every man is a quotation fro all his ancestors"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Al Gore, CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer," 3/9/99
Business
There is only one proof of ability. Results!
Everyone excels in something.
"Who begins too much, accomplishes little." German proverb
"Sieze the day, put no trust in tommorow." Homer
"Do it, if your going to do it." Plautus
"Action is eloquence." William Shakespeare
"It is better to wear out than to rust out."
"I have something to say, its better to burn out than fade away!"
"Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful" Benjamin Franklin
"The used key is always bright." Benjamin Franklin
"Nobody can give you wise advice than yourself" Cicero
"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice"
"Theres always room at the top"
"If you pursue more than one rabbit, you'll have none"
"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner"
Books
The reason so few good books exist, is because most writers dont know anything.
One who steals a book is not a thief.
Books are the excellent teachers. Life is the best teacher.
Books and friends should be good and few.
The worst robber is a bad book. (your time is more valuable than money)
You cannot read all the books you own, it is enough to own only the books you read.
Rule1: Never lose money.
Rule2: See Rule 1.
"When prosperity comes, do not use all of it"
"Abundance of knowledge does not make one wise"
"Wise is he who learns from everyone"
Wisdom
He who knows useful things, not many things is wise.
Wise is he, who learns from every man.
Wise men know what they need, rich men do not.
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
Your enemy is your best teacher.
A wise man never wants a weapon.
The wise and young, do not live long.
Thw wise man, is happy with nothing.
The wise man does not think he is wise. Only a fool thinks himself wise.
"Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if you decide you don't like him,
you're a mile away from him with his shoes".
"My pappy said, son, you gonna drive me to drinkin if you don't stop driving that
HOT..ROD..LINCOLN"
"Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do"
"The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up"
"Cocaine? Habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know I have been using it for years."
Tallulah Bankhead 1903-1928 Screen Actor
"I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate." Vincent Van Gough
"One world at a time!" Henry David Thoreau
"I did sent to you for certain sums of gold, which you denied me"
William Shakespeare, Julius Cesear
"Its just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."
Muhammad Ali
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art, and much more.
It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position"
Marcel Duchamp 1887-1968
Chess is ruthless. you've got to be prepared to kill people"
Nigel Short British Chess Champion
Women by their nature are not exceptional chess players; they are not great fighters."
Gary Kasparov World Chess Champion