Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can’t fly. They despise brains because they have none. Pfah!
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Related Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because the... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Now they have a riddle. - Criminal Minds DEYTH BANGER It is as simple as that. Birds fly because they have wings and so when you can’t grow the wings, y... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Reasons... questions... what they have in common? - All get finded in the hard way. DEYTH BANGER The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS And what do they want!? DEYTH BANGER I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion. TERRY WOGAN "Always love people for who they are, not for whom you like them to be." ~ Tom Baker TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN My friends don't think they're rich, because they know someone who's richer. CRAIG GROESCHEL The deadline is set and they think I am their pet. SANTOSH KALWAR Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. G. K. CHESTERTON Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. G.K CHESTERTON Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly. G.K. CHESTERTON Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do. ANNA HELD Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must... FRANCIS BACON Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of m... ROGER TORY PETERSON The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith i... J.M. BARRIE People operate better than they think they can. When they believe in themselves. LEBOGANG MARUMO Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind ... ROGER TORY PETERSON They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong. RALPH BAKSHI They say miracles are past. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They Learn to speak... and when they were at level "AVERAGE", they started making the rules and star... DEYTH BANGER I was a victim of violence... No reason for vileonce just few sucirity guards came... we were 3... t... DEYTH BANGER Who are "THEY", you are one of "They" and they are the people/humans. DEYTH BANGER Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity. G. K. CHESTERTON My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel... MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they ca... ZIG ZIGLAR Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves. PETER MCARTHUR … and that’s why they leave, isn’t it? Because they have to see themselves in the context of s... KAMILA SHAMSIE People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they
don't know when to qui... GEORGE E. ALLEN His wives should insist on having protected sex because they are in great danger themselves of being... SIPHO MTHATHI They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian ... CHRISTIAN LACROIX People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is wh... NOEL COWARD Wings are of many kinds. Butterfly's wings, vulture's wings, eagle-wings, spread wings of white swan... MUNIA KHAN A philosopher thinks out loud to make things better for everyone else. Fanatics make themselves loud... COREY TAYLOR They are jealous of us, the Mexican players, because we've got a life and they have nothing, ... Bec... LANDON DONOVAN People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to qui... GEORGE E. ALLEN People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to qui... GEORGE ALLEN Some people have no affinity with what they are doing, but insist on convincing that they are irrepl... MARIANA FULGER Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles KOREAN PROVERB I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get b... CONRAD HALL It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper. ERROL FLYNN Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.' MICHELLE PHAN All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We An... RUDYARD KIPLING ...Yeah a lot of you have to do... I have gave you one up to three films and books... in other day o... DEYTH BANGER They are always the problem. There is no evil in this world you cannot blame on them. The world will... JAMES ROZOFF Cops aren't really your friends, they are trying to be your friends but they are not.... DEYTH BANGER When people don't like you... you feel it. They don't pay attention at you... they some kind a ignor... DEYTH BANGER People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to... GEORGE ALLEN, SR. There will always be someone better looking; better off; smarter; richer; thinner; taller; shorter; ... ANTHONY T. HINCKS The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say. DAN PINK Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some in... JOHN HANNING SPEKE I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say. ALEX COX People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. TRYON EDWARDS Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they ... BIBLE The commendable efforts of preachers to Europe is that: People were taught that they were created by... SUNDAY ADELAJA There will always be people afraid of the monsters in the night. They are usually the ones that look... SHANNON L. ALDER Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN People are not mean to us because they don’t like us, but because they don’t like themselves. JODI AMAN How many people do you know who are obsessed with their work, who are type A or have stress related ... JAMES REDFIELD A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they cou... ZIG ZIGLAR Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it. FANNIE HURST Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it FANNIE HURST Influential people have a profound impact on everyone they encounter. Yet, they achieve this only be... TRAVIS BRADBERRY The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumpe... LAUREN OLIVER This crew's character is second to none. They believe in themselves and tonight they showed that. JOE HICKS Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly. WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they ... PANDORA POIKILOS Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected. MIRIAM MARGOLYES They don't really care that much about the family farm anymore. DAN QUAYLE I'm trying to adapt - they say you have to adapt to vertigo. JASON DAY 'I realize they say we are 'wacko' and 'out there, but we are the most rational of a... BRIGITTE BOISSELIER I'm very ticklish. They say being tickled is a form of torture. MELISSA SAGEMILLER They make friends, they laugh, they share They stay in touch, they care. CHRISTINA ENGELA People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they ... BETTE DAVIS They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side. JOHN MAYER Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... CRAIG GROESCHEL The rich desire to see others rise because they know the sky is more than enough for all birds of al... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Those who have become failures and mediocre have only become that because they chose to run away fro... SUNDAY ADELAJA Some problems are better left to pass the Night, because by so doing they solve themselves before fi... STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU Even more staggeringly, depression is a disease so bad that people are killing themselves because of... MATT HAIG Why do people insist on creating things that will inevitably be destroyed? Why do people cling to li... KEFKA - FINAL FANTASY 6 Tenderhearted people are silent sufferers they just learn the art to fly with broken wings. ABHYSHEQ SHUKLA Chief justices come and go, ... Some are more influential than others because they are greater lawye... HUGO BLACK Some people cheat because they want to, because they can, because it gives them a thrill, or because... JAMEELA JAMIL And because there is something they can’t see people think it has to be special, because people al... MARK HADDON Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON I think in many ways they torment mainstream Americans because we worry sometimes that they may be h... DON KRAYBILL I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say. COLIN TREVORROW People always make war when they say they love peace. D. H. LAWRENCE I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it. CECILY VON ZIEGESAR It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put there faith t... JOHN STEINBECK I guess we'll just wait and watch the dust fly. If it does give some people jobs, we need that becau... DON JONES Wonders amaze me. They can aim wanderlessly in any forest, be it of dark trees or lighted bushes. An... WILL ADVISE If you're saying something that people don't want to hear or accept, a significant proportio... JEREMY GRANTHAM Love is unknown. To open the heart in trust is unknown. They say love hurts. It doesn't have to. DON MIGUEL RUIZ He impressed people. Unconsciously. Some people are like that. I'm not. There's something in those p... ARNALDUR INDRIðASON The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is t... JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE People offer free advice because they don't use that advice for themselves anyway. AMIT KALANTRI Children are often better actors than adults because they have a greater capacity for believing in a... ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK
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