#peak

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#always #assume #before #fool #man

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#bad #because #detest #go #i

I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey. ↗

— Mark Messier

#best #careers #guys #hockey #i

I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory. ↗

— David Miliband

#hebrew #history #i #i do #memory

From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction. ↗

— Bode Miller

#equipment #gone #peak #racing #since

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a demand, a gratuitous letter, so to speak, which has accumulated in me like the waters of a reservoir. ↗

— Henry Miller

#does #good #gratuitous #letter #like

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#belief #believe #faith #free #must

I can't speak for them, of course, but I believe that most economists would accept the view that, while you sometimes can make a score by sheer luck, you can't do it constantly, unless you're willing to put the resources in. ↗

— Merton Miller

#believe #constantly #course #economists #i

The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#belonging #entirely #feeling #hostage #me

I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#american #american accent #because #caricature #create