#not

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#answer #asking #attempting #cannot #existence

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#everybody #give #list #nobody #says

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#better #grow #ideas #into #many

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#remarkable #wish

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#nothing #remarkable #wish

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#coaching #eliminating #fired #get #mistakes

If you don't take no chances, then you're not a performer. Performers always take chances. You go see a singer, they'll hit the high note. They'll hit that note, they're not afraid, they're gonna exaggerate the fact and make me enjoy it, make me say, 'Wow, I wish I could do that!' ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#always #chances #could #enjoy #exaggerate

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#anyone #back #beach #bread #canvas

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. ↗

— Homer

#admirable #confounding #delighting #eye #friends

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. ↗

— Homer

#gates #hateful #heart #hell #hiding