#led

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#beast #before #killed #never #sell

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#difficulty #find #how #i #killed

If a man breaks a pledge, the public ought to know it. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#know #man #ought #pledge #public

One thing led to another and I didn't have to take tickets any more because I now worked for Mr. Rogers. He said if I was going to take care of his horses than I'd better learn how to ride. He was very kind to me. ↗

— Glenn Ford

#any #because #better #care #going

I don't mind doing interviews. I don't mind answering thoughtful questions. But I'm not thrilled about answering questions like, 'If you were being mugged, and you had a lightsaber in one pocket and a whip in the other, which would you use?' ↗

— Harrison Ford

#answering #being #doing #had #i

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. ↗

— Henry Ford

#experience #hope #independence #knowledge #man

I was quite emotional when I finished my lap, but had to wait for other drivers to cross the line to hear whether I'd actually done it. It feels very special, but I acknowledge that the old master, Nigel Mansell, took his 14 poles from only 16 races. ↗

— Sebastian Vettel

#actually #cross #done #drivers #emotional

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'. ↗

— George Foreman

#called #houston #i #kid #last

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#mind #thrilled #vice #vulgar

I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of paint and materials as a work on each painting. I can restart exactly where I left off. ↗

— Mike Thompson

#each #exactly #i #i can #interruptions