The Big Time (1958)
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Commonly quoted on many websites, this quotation is actually from an address by President Gerald Ford to the US Congress (12 August 1974) http://www.bartleby.com/73/714.html <br class="br">Misattributed
“Dream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.”
Michael Phelps (1985) American swimmer
Upon winning his seventh straight Gold medal and having set his seventh straight Olympic record in as many events in the 2008 Olympic Games, 16 August 2008. (Source: [Phelps ties Spitz’s record with seventh gold medal… just barely, Sports Illustrated, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/15/phelps.100.butterfly.ap/])
“You can be bored with anything if you try hard enough.”
Samuel R. Delany book Nova
Source: Nova (1968), Chapter 3 (p. 36)
“Anything big enough to occupy our minds is big enough to hang a prayer on.”
George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish journalist, novelist
“You can overcome anything, if and only if you love something enough.”
Lionel Messi (1987) Argentine association football player
“You can say anything if enough people will listen.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters
“If you try hard enough, anything can happen.”
Charlie Sifford (1922–2015) professional golfer
After winning the Greater Hartford Open, Charlie Sifford, Who Shattered a Barrier of Race in Golf, Dies at 92 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/sports/golf/charlie-sifford-first-black-player-on-pga-tour-dies-at-92.html by New York Times
“It is more foolish and childish to assume there is a conspiracy, or that there is not?”
China Miéville book The City & the City
Source: The City & the City (2009), Chapter 13 (p. 141)
