“I never set my sights low. I've always believed most people are ruined by the limitations they put on themselves. I was never afraid to take that step, to see what I was capable of doing. Does luck play a role in success, particularly in a creative field? Sure it does. But if you don't have the balls to give it a shot, you're destined to fail.” PeopleIfsGivingDoePlayStepsRolesCreativeFailingFieldsCapableLowsShotsBallsSightLuckLimitationRuinedDestinedAlways Believe Book:No Regrets Source: No Regrets
“It used to happen, and still happens, to me to take no pleasure in a work of art at the first sight of it, because it is too much for me; but if I suspect any merit in it, I try to get at it; and then I never fail to make the most gratifying discoveries--to find new qualities in the work itself and new faculties in myself.” IfsTryingFirstsArtStillsHappensUsedPleasureQualityToo MuchFailingDiscoverySightMeritFacultySuspectsWorks Of Art Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections
“Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on the principles of that rude philosophy of sympathy and resemblance... to trace a subtle relation, a secret harmony, between its tides and the life of man... The belief that most deaths happen at ebb tide is said to be held along the east coast of England from Northumberland to Kent.” MenSaidPhilosophyHappensBeliefSecretPrinciplesFailingSeaFlowSightEnglandRelationHarmonyEastSubtleTidesImpressedRudeCoastResemblanceEast CoastEbb And FlowDwellersKent Author:James G. Frazer
“It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so. It is no doubt unfortunate when a suspect who is in sight escapes, but the fact that the police arrive a little late or are a little slower afoot does not always justify killing the suspect.” LittlesDoeFactsUseDiesForceDoubtFailingLateSightPoliceThreatKillingHarmNo DoubtJustifySuspectsOfficersUnfortunateFelonyDeadly Force Author:Byron White
“Women also lose sight of their goals by taking on extra responsibilities. We are virtual responsibility magnets. We don't make these decisions consciously or deliberately, but out of the fear that if we don't act on a need, it will never get resolved. ... But we fail to realize that once we become responsible for something, we may be responsible to it forever.” IfsNeedsMayGoalRealizingLosesDecisionResponsibilityForeverFailingSightResponsibleExtrasBeing ResponsibleMagnet Book:Hardball for Women: Revised Edition Source: Hardball for Women: Revised Edition
“Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. And if you fail there, you have failed it all.” IfsArtLinesPerfectFailingBuildingSightInstrumentsComplexesMusicalPerformingSublimeAcousticsPerforming ArtsMusical Instruments Author:Moshe Safdie
“The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.” PeopleLife IsGoalFailingAchieveLowsSightTragedyGreat Tragedy Author:Michelangelo