#the one

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies. ↗

— Wilbur Wright

#believed #encouraged #fact #flying #great

I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#common #had #i #kept #live

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured. ↗

— Alton Brown

#being #fascinating #ice #manufactured #me

Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights. ↗

— Harry Browne

#american #american people #anything #apart #bill

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#competition #ensured #fate #freedom #guaranteed

I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous. ↗

— Salvador Dali

#i #never #one thing #outrageous #the one thing

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#better #cannot #fail #high #high wire

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.' ↗

— Roger Goodell

#hope #i #made #one thing #parents

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#average #band #big #big band #business

The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#developed #ear #ears #eric #eric clapton