“I have lots of ideas. Trouble is, most of them suck.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
“I have lots of ideas. Trouble is, most of them suck.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989) former President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
in an interview on ABC
1965
“True, I have lost money on many occasions. But I only play with money I can afford to lose.”
Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, November, New York Times Interview (November 23, 2016)
“It is better to have one seven-foot jumper on your team than any number of six-foot jumpers.”
Frederick Terman (1900–1982) American electronic engineer
as quoted in his Biography, at the Guide to the Frederick Emmons Terman Papers http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf029000zm, Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
“Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.”
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American judge
Speech accepting an award from the National Institute for Immigrant Welfare, Biltmore Hotel, New York (May 11, 1933).
Other writings
Context: Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. I can express with very limited adequacy the passionate devotion to this land that possesses millions of our people, born, like myself, under other skies, for the privilege that that this county has bestowed in allowing them to partake of its fellowship.
“I have no trouble with Christ, but I have trouble with a lot of Christians.”
The Edge (1961) Irish rock musician, guitar player of U2
On religion
Joseph Wu (1954) Taiwanese politician
Joseph Wu (2018) cited in " Taiwan won't try to form diplomatic ties with new allies: FM http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201805080021.aspx" on Focus Taiwan, 8 May 2018.
Ray Bradbury book Dandelion Wine
Variant: “You remember winning, don’t you? A battle won, somewhere?”
“No,” said the old man, deep under. “I don’t remember anyone winning anywhere any time. War’s never a winning thing, Charlie. You just lose all the time, and the one who loses last asks for terms. All I remember is a lot of losing and sadness and nothing good but the end of it. The end of it, Charles, that was a winning all to itself, having nothing to do with guns.
Source: Dandelion Wine (1957), p. 85
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
As quoted in "Clemente Says Hitting Does Not Come Easy"
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1968</big>