Jacob Brownowski Famous Quotes



"Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding."


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Eating while seated makes one of large size eating while standing makes one strong.
Hindustani Proverb

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
W C Fields

"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles."
Claude M Bristol

"Nature gave men two ends -- one to sit on, and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most."
Robert Albert Bloch

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
H L Mencken

"There are four kinds of Homicide felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy."
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

"I couldn't wait for success, so I went on ahead without it."
Jonathan Winters

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
Sallust

"It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go."
Bertrand Russell

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."
Denis Watley