#aught

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

I'm a '70s mom, and my daughter is a '90s mom. I know a lot of women my age who are real computer freaks. ↗

— Florence Henderson

#age #computer #daughter #freaks #i

Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught. ↗

— James P. Hogan

#carved #crooked #into #kids #logical

My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her. ↗

— Amy Jo Johnson

#dreams #faith #go #gotten #her

I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#birth #daughter #given #having #i

Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am a man of the people and help them but it is important to do so through strength. ↗

— Don King

#because #better #feared #help #i

Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home. ↗

— Victoria Secunda

#beyond #both #conflicting #daddy #daughter

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it. ↗

— Criss Jami

#challenging #challenging-authority #comedian #comedic #comedy

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath. ↗

— Elaine Paige

#breath #drama #drama school #how #intake

Cursed be he above all others Who's enslaved by love of money. Money takes the place of brothers, Money takes the place of parents, Money brings us war and slaughter. ↗

— Anacreon

#brings #brothers #cursed #enslaved #love