#sure way

There is such a thing as tempting the gods. Talking too much, too soon and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster. The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep. ↗

— Meg Greenfield

#court #disaster #forces #gods #listening

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. ↗

— Bette Davis

#else #everything #expense #found #i

Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking. ↗

— James Wolcott

#shut #shut up #sure #sure way #talking

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#getting #nothing #something #sure #sure way

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#enthusiasm #interest #kindle #successfully #sure

To this light, then, would I recommend all, with mine own soul, - to this sure way of salvation. ↗

— Elias Hicks

#light #mine #own #recommend #salvation

One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#arrangements #flower #friendship #her #improve

Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#contradictory #her #him #important #label