“You know most people live ninety per cent in the past, seven per cent in the present, and that only leaves them three per cent for the future.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“Failure is a state of mind. It's like one of those sand traps an ant lion digs. You keep sliding back. Takes one hell of a jump to get out of it.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“There is no such thing as just enough money. Only two measures: No Money and Not Enough Money.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“Men don't get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure. They get slowly scared.[...]It's slow. It rots out your guts.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
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