#wit

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don't destroy them. They lay golden eggs. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#advertising agencies #agencies #almost #destroy #disagreeable

With small breasts, you don't have to wear a bra with dresses that have some support. It feels sexy without one. ↗

— Sandra Oh

#breasts #dresses #feels #sexy #small

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. ↗

— Ben Okri

#friends #happy #homeless #i #lived

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. ↗

— Ben Okri

#always #bit #bore #challenging #completely

If I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#i #just #me #network #never

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn. ↗

— Merlin Olsen

#back #basketball #because #coach #cut

"It worked." (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation). ↗

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

#atomic #first #said #witnessing #worked

Without the United States, there simply would not have been an armed uprising in our country. ↗

— Daniel Ortega

#been #country #our #simply #states

Before you worry about what genre it is, about whether it's a loop or a drum, it's about what suits the song. It's using what's within your reach, but also reaching for everything you can. I don't know if I always get it right, because I don't know every sound yet. ↗

— Beth Orton

#also #always #because #before #drum

All the faith and good will in the world is wasted without direction. ↗

— Bill Owens

#faith #good #wasted #will #without