#ay

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#attempt #become #beware #endeavoring #fearful

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#driving #far #fog #headlights #like

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#also #day #deal #emperors #everywhere

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#every #every nation #must #nation #public

Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force... a different kind of energy. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#been #different #different kind #energy #force

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#good guy #guy #home #need #stay

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#everyone #flattery #lay #likes #royalty

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#hard #life #life is hard #manners #nowadays

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. ↗

— Mark Twain

#carries #cat #learn #learns #man

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#contrary #earnest #error #more #often