(31 quotes found)
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”
Benjamin Franklin
“In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and no-body pities their Case.”
“For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian and German political degradations which would envelop the globe and steep it in a sort of Middle-Age night and slaverly which would last till Christ comes again--which I hope he will n”
Mark Twain
“She's really shown wonderful skills. Her only downfall is she's short.”
Ellen Gerton
“The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails. Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.”
“They let the whole country down. Their egoism was their downfall as this group of outstanding individuals failed to blend into a team and produce the top quality basketball they're capable of. The team chemistry was poor from the start of the preparation period and their long nights out until the early morning hours certainly didn't help.”
Zeljko Obradovic
“If your leg slips, you will fall down but if your tongue slips,it leads to your down fall...”
prabha
“Tragedy on the stage is no longer enough for me, I shall bring it into my own life.”
Antonin Artaud
“I wear my heart on my sleeve. I just trust people too easily. I usually create a false image of who I want them to be instead of who they really are. Soon, it's the fantasy person I trust. I believe it when they say, "I'm your friend" or "you can trust me". I'm the cause of my own downfall. I trust people too easily. But I learned my lesson; trust no one.”
Kimberly Bandy
