#ai

The street to my left was backed up with traffic and I watched the people waiting patiently in the cars. The was almost always a man and a women, staring straight ahead, not talking. It was, finally, for everyone, a matter of witing. You waited and you waited- for the hospital, the doctor, the plumber, the madhouse, the jail, papa death himself. First the signal red, then the signal was green. The citizens of the world ate food and watched t.v. and worried about their jobs or lack of the same, while they waited. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#waiting #death

I was raised in a religious environment, and my wife is one of the more religious people that I have ever known. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#ever #i #i was raised #known #more

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#close #close attention #detail #escape #organization

We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#lived #me #mother #place #real

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#artists #detest #i #other #otherwise

If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!' ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#always #chances #could #enjoy #exaggerate

Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#called #could #end #fear #fight

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#endeavor #envy #get #give #hard

From the cradle to the grave, joy and pain is the fertilizer for wisdom. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#experience #grave #growth #joy #life

I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. I answer e-mail, while I stall thinking about whatever scares me. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#answer #around #back #e-mail #four