“Utilitarianism had found [in Samuel Smiles' Self-Help] its portrait gallery of heroes, inscribed with a vigorous exhortation to all men to strive in their image; this philistine romanticism established the bourgeois hero-prototype the penniless office-boy who works his way to economic fortune and this wins his way into the mercantile plutocracy.” MenWaySelfHelpingFoundWinningBoysEconomicSelf HelpHeroOfficeFortuneStrivePortraitsGalleryBourgeoisVigorousRomanticismPrototypePhilistinesUtilitarianismPlutocracy Author:John Carroll
“In 1961 somebody could've hit a home run to win the game and the next day the headline was about the M&M boys not hitting a home run. But everyone was real good about it. Instead of getting mad they joked about it.” RealHomeRunningNextGamesWinningBoysBaseballMadHittingNext DayHeadlinesHome Run Author:Mickey Mantle
“I tell my boys not to play rough with their younger sister. I try to teach them what I know already: You're never going to win an argument with a girl, so just let her have what she wants!” KnowsWantTryingPlayGirlWinningBoysTeachArgumentRoughMy BoysHarveyYounger Sister Author:Steve Harvey
“The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!” WorldWinningStarsCan DoBoysFinalsCupsWorld Cup Author:Alan Hansen
“I've got a little boy coming and I can't wait. It's going to be the biggest thing that has happened to me in my life so far. Bigger than any Tour de France win.” LittlesI CanWinningWaitingBoysHappenedBiggerFranceLittle Boys Author:Chris Froome
“When I see a short schedule, my question to the director is, are you really comfortable with this, or are you doing it to be a good boy? At the end, you only win the medal if the film is good, you don't win a medal if the movie is on time.” IfsEndsFilmWinningBoysDirectorsComfortableSchedulesMedalGood Boy Author:Guillermo del Toro
“Playing for Arsenal at any level is something to be proud of so being in the squad when they won the double and winning the Cup in 1979 was special. The boys were a terrific bunch.” WinningLevelsBoysSpecialProudBunchCupsBe ProudTerrificArsenalSquad Author:Sammy Nelson
“The only thing that would keep me from winning the election is to be caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy” GirlWinningBoysBedElectionCaught Author:Edwin Edwards
“I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly, but boy, they look at you and say, you've got to win this, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy, things like that.” NeedsLooksGuyWinningLeaderBoysPolicyMetsBeatsThis Guy Author:John F. Kerry