#ld

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it! ↗

— Davy Crockett

#chance #fame #fellow #greased #hands

Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#atlantic ocean #been #had #land #never

The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#american #benefits #citizens #civilization #economic

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#always #grew #i #inspire #money

I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

#flock #glad #government #i #kept

I think the toughest part for me was when Herschelle said that he obviously looked up to his Captain, and he felt if his Captain could do it, then so could he, and that to me was when it really struck home. ↗

— Hansie Cronje

#could #felt #his #home #i

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened. ↗

— Walter Cronkite

#hold #job #mirror #only #our

I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since. ↗

— Walter Cronkite

#already #birthday #cbs #day #down

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good. ↗

— Walter Cronkite

#been #good #great #half-hour #hour

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older. ↗

— Hume Cronyn

#becomes #business #energies #grows #important