#imp

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. ↗

— Charles Kendall Adams

#amount #attains #determines #distinction #doing

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#cannot #difference #get #go #goes

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. ↗

— James Truslow Adams

#alter #altering #discovery #generation #greatest

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship. ↗

— Joey Lauren Adams

#crippled #dad #dramatic #harder #i

Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. ↗

— John Adams

#charm #ear #ever #everything #eye

In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks. ↗

— Scott Adams

#around #best #best way #better #buy

You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. ↗

— Scott Adams

#argue #battles #candy #cents #dinner

My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#confidence #consistent #deserve #first #first impression

In love, one should simplify, choose persons worthy of their promises and leave them if they don't keep them. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#keep #leave #love #persons #promises

I believe in angels, so it's simple. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#believe #i #i believe #i believe in #simple