The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon. Charles Buxton Read Quote
The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other. Luciano Pavarotti Read Quote
What a lot of people don’t understand is, you can’t really do nothing for power – you’re either born with it or you aren’t. Adrien Broner Read Quote
The closer I get to retirement, the more I feel it will be a huge change, a shock, because athletics has been the core of my whole life. I know I’ll miss the feeling of running fast, the adrenaline rush, and hearing the crowd cheering me on. Jessica Ennis-Hill Read Quote
I’m the kind of guy who, if you tell me you can’t do something, like, ‘Brian, you can’t do a backflip off that two-floor building,’ and I’m going to give it a shot. Brian Ortega Read Quote
If I had been straight, I would have been an entirely different person. I would never have turned toward writing with a burning desire to confess, to understand, to justify myself in the eyes of others… I wouldn’t have been impelled to live in New York and choose the hard poverty of bohemia over the soft comfort of the business world. Edmund White Read Quote
