"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."
Edward Gibbon(05/08/1737 – 01/16/1794)
English historian
"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."
Edward Gibbon
"By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well."
Eleanor Marx
"I remember Tallulah telling of going into a public ladies' room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, 'I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?' The lady said no. So Tallulah said, 'Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?"
Ethel Merman
"The game was closer than the score indicated."
Dizzy Dean
"McKinley shows all the backbone of a chocolate eclair."
Theodore Roosevelt
"The thing to do [for insomnia] is to get an opera score and read that. That will bore you to death."
Marilyn Horne
"Hollywood is where they write the alibis before they write the story."
Carole Lombard
"Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive someday."
Ronnie Milsap
"Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage."
Dr. Laura Schlesinger
"Assassins!"
Arturo Toscanini
"Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling."
Gabrielle Reece