The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. Frederick William Faber Read Quote
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job. James Fallows Read Quote
Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever. Nicolas Chamfort Read Quote
I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals. Joseph Heller Read Quote
For a while, I loved everything about it, every single aspect of what was supposed to be a job. The training – I loved to train. I loved the traveling. I dug being in the locker room. I didn’t mind icing and heat. I dug it. It was like, ‘Cool. I’d rather do this than anything.’ Chris Mullin Read Quote
I worked at a shoe store on 86th Street called Orva, in the hosiery department because nobody went there. That’s where they put me because I was too incapable of doing anything. Julia Fox Read Quote
Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Robert Kennedy Read Quote
