#champ

Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world's champions. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#community #competition #giftedness #modern #printing-press

Death was just the beginning of a journey that everyone took at some point. ↗

— Melissa de la Cruz

#melissa-de-la-cruz #witches-of-east-end #death

I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading. ↗

— Pat Bowlen

#championships #fading #i #know #loss

Here's champagne for our real friends, and real pain for our sham friends. ↗

— Mardy Grothe

#chiasmus #friendship #toasts #friendship

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#cause #champagne #heels #high #high heels

Inventory: "Four be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#contentment #curiosity #doubt #envy #foes

The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex, and picnics. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#champagne #lobster #picnics #life

Sometimes life is your opponent and just showing up is a victory. ↗

— John Passaro

#gift #handicap #keep-moving-forward #wrestling #life

Champions keep playing until they get it right. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#champions #get #keep #playing #right

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#champagne #costs #explain #fact #gear