Famous quotes containing the words lee, jones, early and/or success:
“Any time youve got nothing to doand lots of time to do itcome on up.”
—Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Flower Belle Lee (Mae West)
“Your organization is not a praying institution. Its a fighting institution. Its an educational institution right along industrial lines. Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living!”
—Mother Jones (18301930)
“Quintilian [educational writer in Rome around A.D. 100] thought that the earliest years of the childs life were crucial. Education should start earlier than age seven, within the family. It should not be so hard as to give the child an aversion to learning. Rather, these early lessons would take the form of playthat embryonic notion of kindergarten.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“The toughest thing about success is that youve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. Youve got to keep on working that talent. Someday Ill reach for it and it wont be there.”
—Irving Berlin (18881989)