Southpaws speak out

Aug 05, 2011 09:09

My mom got this calendar about left-handed people this year, and the following is just about all of the quotes from that calendar from the weekend of July 23/24 onwards.

"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions, they will be moved to act."~Bill Gates

"If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking."~General George S. Patton

"We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves."~US Senator John McCain

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."~Thomas Edison

"Go as far as you can see;
when you get there
you'll be able to see farther."~Thomas Carlyle

"Big things are expected of us, and nothing big ever came of being small."~Bill Clinton

"Teach a boy to throw a baseball, and he won't throw a rock."~Ty Cobb

"Houston we've had a problem."~James Lovell (he's a lefty, hence why I've thrown this in)

"A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience."~Diane Keaton

"No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."~Al Gore

"I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities."~Whoopi Goldberg

"If you can't convince them, confuse them." US President Harry S Truman

"The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas."~Linus Pauling

"I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become."~Oprah Winfrey

"Should we decide to form our own country, the Democratic Republic of Southpaw would be the planet's third most populous nation after China and India, placing us solidly in the running for the medals title at the Olympics."~David Wolman, A Left-Hand Turn Around the World

!sports, !work, !life lessons, !responsibility, !make a difference, !aging, !choices, !truth, !motivation, !time, !opportunity, !experience, !humanity, !freedom

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