#mice

All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#mice-men #planning #plans #unpredictability #men

The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley. An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! (To A Mouse) ↗

— Robert Burns

#fate #men #mice #planning #plans

A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#men

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#birds #cheese #competition #mice #timing

I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them. ↗

— Catherine Deneuve

#even #had #i #kept #liked

I've often wondered, when they've done Of Mice And Men on stage, and I've seen it, how they did that gun thing. I've watched it on stage, but I don't remember it. ↗

— Ray Walston

#done #gun #how #i #men

When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities and talents - I sometimes feel as though we are all mice in a giant experimental maze, scurrying around frantically, trying to find our way through. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#days #dizzying #experimental #feel #female

If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. ↗

— George Gobel

#better mousetrap #build #catch #mice #mousetrap

All this is only for the mice and myself to admire! ↗

— Catherine the Great

#mice #myself #only

I had a mouse in my apartment and I couldn't sleep for two nights. I hate mice. They move so fast. ↗

— Matt Czuchry

#fast #had #hate #i #mice