#sf

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#disregard #economics #enough #first #fully

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#because #explanation #happen #happened #most

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higer the fences get. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#become #death #fences #get #higher

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #deal #first #great #great deal

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#agent #anything #becoming #easy #get

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting. ↗

— Tris Speaker

#attempt #batting #explain #player #successful

Integrity is the essence of everything successful. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#everything #integrity #successful

I know you deserve better than me. You think I don’t know that? But if there was any woman made for me … it’s you. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#dysfunctional-relationship #love-story #the-one #beauty

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#after #always #answer #been #clock

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#care #champion #could #himself #perseverance