John Ervine Famous Quotes



Every man ... should periodically be compelled to listen to opinions which are infuriating to him. To hear nothing but what is pleasing to one is to make a pillow of the mind.


John Ervine Quotations






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Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.
Betty Bender

Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.
Anthony de Mello

"The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'."
Phillip Lopate

We only part to meet again.
John Gay

"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."
E M Forster

The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

That grief is light which can take counsel.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
Peter Drucker

"When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income."
Plato

These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. (describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial)
Jeff Greenfield