“Most fisherman, including this one, cling to their pet stupidities as they would to a battered briar or an old jacket; and their dogged persistence in wrong methods and general wrong-headedness finally wins the a sort of grudging admiration, if not many fish.” IfsWinningSeaRiversMethodIncludingFishesStupidityBoatPersistencePetLakesFishingAdmirationJacketsFishermanBatteredBriars Author:John D. Voelker
“Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber.” IfsFeelsCountryActionWinningForcePresidentInsightCombinationAdmirationIrresistibleZestCaliber Book:Constitutional Government in the United States Source: Constitutional Government in the United States
“One who has given up any hope of winning a fight or has clearly lost it wants his style in fighting to be admired all the more.” WantFightingHopeWinningLostGivenStyleVanityAdmirationGiven Up Author:Friedrich Nietzsche