#up

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#could #done #example #failure #failures

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#human #human life #life #make #make up

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep. ↗

— Patti Smith

#duty #felt #i #people #poetry

Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me. ↗

— Isaac Hanson

#because #being #drummer #end #generally

Everyone has said very supportive things coming out of D.C. today. We can't wait when the race has begun. ↗

— Katherine Harris

#coming #everyone #out #race #said

I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course. ↗

— Colin Hay

#coast #course #drums #father #guitars

It is no exaggeration to say that the English Bible is, next to Shakespeare, the greatest work in English literature, and that it will have much more influence than even Shakespeare upon the written and spoken language of the English race. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#english #english literature #even #exaggeration #greatest

The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#general #important #justice #position #pretty

I feel like I'm worried about my later years in life because I feel like I'm using up so much good karma right now. There's going to be some sort of karmic backlash somewhere down the road. ↗

— Ed Helms

#backlash #because #down #down the road #feel

Everyone assumes we're always going to have a cocktail and a cigarette in hand. Fans expect us all to be dressed up all the time. They always say to me, 'You look so young. You don't seem as tall!' ↗

— Christina Hendricks

#assumes #cigarette #cocktail #dressed #everyone