Quotes by Missing I think it looked like I was a little more aggressive than I was, ... I swing at bad pitches anyway, but I was swinging at even more bad pitches and missing. It looked worse. But I was thinking about [the milestone], no doubt about it. Vladimir Guerrero swingsmissingthinking Direct interference in a person's life does not enter our scope of activity, nor, on the other, tralatitiously speaking, hand, is his destiny a chain of predeterminate links: some 'future' events may be linked to others, O.K., but all are chimeric, and every cause-and-effect sequence is always a hit-and-miss affair, even if the lunette has actually closed around your neck, and the cretinous crowd holds its breath. Vladimir Nabokov destinymissinghands Miss Goldman is a Communist; I am an Individualist. She wishes to destroy the right of property, I wish to assert it. I make my war upon privilege and authority, whereby the right of property, the true right in that which is proper to the individual, is annihilated. She believes that co-operation would entirely supplant competition; I hold that competition in one form or another will always exist, and that it is highly desirable it should. Voltairine de Cleyre missingwarbelieve Through all of youth I was looking for you W. S. Merwin distancemissingmemories Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it. W. H. Auden dogmissingreligion Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy, touches a chord, which a piece of acknowledged fiction misses. It is to touch this chord that some authors have done everything they could to give you the impression that they are telling the plain truth. W. Somerset Maugham missinggivingfiction Dream, diversify-and never miss an angle. Walt Disney anglemissingdream I find myself now preaching about the golden age of manned spaceflight, because something went on there, within us, that we’re missing. When we went to the Moon, it was not only just standing on a new plateau for all mankind. We changed the way everybody in the world thought of themselves, you know. It was a change that went on inside of us. And we’re losing that. Walter Cunningham moonchangemissing Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you. Walt Whitman missingwaitinggrieving If you worry about the ones you missed, you are going to keep missing them. Walter Hagen missingworrygolf Miss a putt for $2,000? Not likely! Walter Hagen missinggolf There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect. Walter Hagen tragedymissinggolf The fruition of beauty is no chance of hit or miss... it is inevitable as life. Walt Whitman fruitionchancemissing Timidity prompted by past failures causes investors to miss the most important bull markets. Walter Schloss importantmissingpast Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne. Walter Savage Landor thronespowermissing Whatever truth you contribute to the world will be one lucky shot in a thousand misses. You cannot be right by holding your breath and taking precautions. Walter Lippmann luckymissingworld I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the more concerned you should be. We never look at projections, but we care very much about, and look very deeply at, track records. If a company has a lousy track record, but a very bright future, we will miss the opportunity. Warren Buffett trackmissingopportunity In fact, I believe to a certain extent a person today who starts with just clay, with no drawing and no painting and no figure drawing, still-life drawing, various things, they miss a great deal. Warren MacKenzie drawingmissingbelieve When we suggest that men are at the top because men discriminate, we miss the point. Men are at the top of the work hierarchy because work has been primarily men's responsibility. Warren Farrell responsibilitymissingmen Man's thought is always of the punishment that will come to him if he sins. But God's thought is always of the glory man will miss if he sins. God's purpose for redemption is glory, glory, glory. Watchman Nee purposemissingmen«117118119120121122123124125126127»
