“I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.” LittlesLeftBoysSeaPrideSummerGloryMercyDepthBrokeStreamsLengthSwimWearyRudeWantonBladder Author:William Shakespeare
“When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.” IfsWayFirstsEndsHandsDesirePleasureBoysDoorsPrideLoversAgreeIceLet It GoIdenticalAcquisition Book:Sophocles: Fragments Source: Sophocles: Fragments
“Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?” FeelsYearsMeanSaidTwoHardLastsFunResponsibilityBoysMillionsPlansWeekPrideProjectsDollarsExecutivesVacationLast YearTaking ResponsibilityEightyTwo WeeksMillion DollarsRespondingDummy Author:Lee Iacocca
“My idea of success was to be a boy - possibly because my brothers, Leon and Arthur, were my father's pride and joy, whereas he had to be introduced to me several times before he got it firmly planted in his mind that I was part of the family.” MindIdeasJoyFatherBoysBrotherPrideMy BrotherSexismArthurLeon Author:Lucille Kallen
“Mothers tend to encourage their sons to run away and romp.... Mothers of little boys often complain that "There's no controlling him." "He's all over the place...." The complaints are tinged with more than a little pride at the boy's marvelous independence and masculine bravado. It's almost as though the mother enjoyed being overwhelmed by her spectacular conquering hero.” LittlesRunningMotherBoysSonPrideHeroIndependenceComplainingConquerEnjoyedRunning AwayMarvelousComplaintsOverwhelmedMasculineSpectacularLittle BoysBravadoBeing Overwhelmed Author:Louise J. Kaplan
“Reading Don Quixote can be compared to an indefinite visit from your most impossible senior relative, with all his pranks, dirty habits, unstoppable reminiscences, and terrible cronies. When the experience is over, and the old boy checks out at last (on page 846 - the prose wedged tight, with no breaks for dialogue), you will shed tears all right; not tears of relief or regret but tears of pride. You made it, despite all that 'Don Quixote' could do.” MadeLastsReadingBoysBreakImpossibleTearsRegretPrideHabitTerriblePagesChecksDialogueDespiteMade ItDirtyProseReliefRelativeShedSeniorUnstoppablePranksCronies Author:Miguel de Cervantes