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SAM RAYBURN A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
SAM RAYBURN A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one
SAM RAYBURN We've been so close so often. We finally earned one. Maybe we brightened it up for Sam Rayburn.
MARK PETERSON It takes a long time to build up a relationship but I hope we can become good friends.
HALEY JOWLE Any fool can write a bad advertisement, but it takes a genius to keep his hands off a good one.
DAVID OGILVY It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Sam Rayburn on LBJ's recuperation from his heart attack: "It would kill him if he relaxed.
ROBERT A. CARO I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good on...
LEO BURNETT I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good on...
DANIEL J. BOORSTIN I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a goo...
DANIEL J. BOORSTIN I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands o...
LEO BURNETT How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS It takes a thousand truths to build a reputation as an honest man, but only one lie to build a reput...
DOROTHY BRUNDIGE WINGARD There are not many young barbers. You can make a good living at it, but you still have to work. It t...
DALE STEPHENS To make a successful film from a successful play is probably much more difficult than making one fro...
EDMUND MORGAN Any BITCH can get a man, and any GIRL can keep him... But it takes a REAL WOMAN to settle him down, ...
ARACELY ALDAMA You can call a jackass a thoroughbred but that doesn't make it so.
ATTRIBUTED TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN Any boy can get a girl, it takes a man to keep one.
JESS MCGOVERN It takes a week to write a book, but it takes years to write a good one.
M.F. MOONZAJER It takes more than one kick in the pants to reverse a lifetime of unplanned apathy.
PAUL NEILAN It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER ANY FOOL CAN GET INTO AN OCEAN
BUT IT TAKES A GODDESS
TO GET OUT OF ONE.
JACK SPICER You can lead a horse to water, but a jackass will drive you to drink.
JEFFREY C. PARKMAN Our aim is not to prevent the mill from reopening, but rather to make sure that the paper mill opera...
KEN KRAMER Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.
OSCAR WILDE Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But...
MARK TWAIN It takes a long time to build and melt an ice sheet, but glaciers can react quickly to temperature c...
ERIC RIGNOT Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
J. G. BALLARD I'm sorry, my child, I just find it hard to whip up an interest in the subject. It's admirable, what...
J.M. COETZEE How many beers do y'all think it takes before one internationally scientist turns to another and say...
ROBYN SCHNEIDER Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn’t any. B...
MARK TWAIN Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad
PROVERB A successful teacher is one who has atleast 2 students in his class, one who sees no reason to study...
APURVA GAGLANI Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on...
HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE What barn-burners, ... We had two very good games, and it just boiled down to who wanted it more.
ANITA ALLEN People go on about places like Starbucks being unpersonal and all that, but what if that's what you ...
NICK HORNBY When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.
RICHIE NORTON It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble ...
AARON RODGERS Every writer dreams of having a backyard cottage, similar to Dahl's 'writing hut.' Engli...
KATE KLISE She can kick it as good as any guy goalie. Heck, guys come here and say 'I got to watch this' and sh...
FRANK VRABLIC We just feel that Ed can provide us with a good foundation on which to build a program, whether that...
ANDY KELLY The person that gives you a good book to read is more valuable than the one that gives you money,bec...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Endeavour to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gr...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good quote is far better than the best selling books.
ANUJ SOMANY Endeavor to get a good name,because if you do,you will be indirectly making life easier for your gre...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It is good to appreciate anothers good deeds, but let not your good deeds be known to others lest th...
APURVA GAGLANI If given an opportunity to head an establishment,resite this "A good name will last better for my fa...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If you have inherited a bad name from your parent,edit it,by becoming good,but if you are lucky to h...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Diamond & platinum are the obstacles that always stand in the way of a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Let us endeavor to have a good name,for in so doing we are sowing good seeds,that will one day be ha...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) During times of sour or bad relationship a good person will always exhibit a pleasant character.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is a more bankable & valuable inheritance than diamond & platinum.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name will open doors that diamond & platinum dare not.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name can open ways for your great grand children.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is the only insurance we need against the monster called poverty.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The best inheritance a man can leave for his children is not diamond & platinum,but a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) All the riches in life are incomparable to a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Even if other things remains unspoken in your life,a good name will continually speak for you, even ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) 2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to devel...
JAMES C. DOBSON Credibility takes years to build, but a few hours to destroy.
EIVIND REITEN You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to m...
WALT DISNEY 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
JAMES C. DOBSON By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS In any solid, good relationship, it takes a while to trust someone.
MINKA KELLY I was willing to kick it, but it was a wide open lane, so I went straight down.
WILL BYNUM It's like building a barn. You put a window in the barn and once you have it, everybody can use it a...
COLIN JENSEN Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. FIELDS I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind.
C LIONG To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing ...
BRENT M. JONES Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
GAIL CARRIGER A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take ...
STEPHEN KING Any woman knows that it takes two people to be a good parent.
GREG WISE People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.
CARMEN BUSQUETS Blogs are easy to start, but unless the author is famous, it takes years to build a following.
ADAM D'ANGELO Really it often gets down to luck of the draw. If the boys can get a win early to build their confid...
BILLY HUSSEIN A Ritual to Read to Each Other


If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
WILLIAM STAFFORD That's always the plan to get it into her, but with the zone, they did a good job shutting her down....
LIZ LEONARD I was very confident when it came down to my kick. I knew I could kick even a 25 [second split] for ...
BERNARD LAGAT Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defen...
BART STARR I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
TAMARA MELLON Any conference win is a good win. I'm pleased to be 5-1. Hopefully we can build on this win.
CINDY EMFINGER I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
OLIVER REED to tell us Cupid is a good hare-finder and Vulcan a rare carpenter?
WILLIAM SHAKESPERE Any fool can break something, criticise someone and tear things apart. It takes a far more skilled, ...
RASHEED OGUNLARU It takes a single smile to change a whole day, but one day can change your whole life.
MARJAN MADJAR Ants can carry twenty times their own body weight, which is useful information if you're moving out ...
RON DARIAN And I will not be beaten by that jackass."

"Jackass?" said Foaly, wounded. "My favorite u...
EOIN COLFER You can't make any one person your world. The trick is to take what each can give you and build a wo...
SARAH DESSEN If you think like a leader, act like a leader, inspire like a leader then you are a leader.
DEBASISH MRIDHA If you're not really having a good time, it's not worth it.
KYLE CHANDLER I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
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SAM KEAN Scientists didn't discover the noble gas helium - the second most common element in the universe...
SAM KEAN Everywhere in the universe, the periodic table has the same basic structure. Even if an alien civili...
SAM KEAN Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges...
SAM KEAN Guinea pigs are practically synonymous with experiments. Lab rats have become the workhorses of mode...
SAM KEAN Medieval alchemists, despite their lust for gold, considered mercury the most potent and poetic subs...
SAM KEAN One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy a...
SAM KEAN Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors...
SAM KEAN The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including w...
SAM KEAN The body tends to treat elements in the same column of the periodic table as equivalents.
SAM KEAN America was probably Europe's equal scientifically by the end of World War I and certainly surpa...
SAM KEAN The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and...
SAM KEAN Boron is carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, which means it can do a passable carbon impres...
SAM KEAN Most people, even most doctors, learn that the placenta is a nice, tight seal that prevents anything...
SAM KEAN I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolat...
SAM KEAN Brain surgery couldn't happen without the patient's own active voice to guide the work. The ...
SAM KEAN Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
SAM KEAN I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they w...
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