Famous quotes containing the words successful, drop and/or kick:
“In the United States theres a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.”
—Umberto Eco (b. 1932)
“... how often the Presidency has simply meant that a man shall be abused, distrusted, and worked to death while he is filling the great office, and that he should drop into unmerited oblivion when he has left the White House ...”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (18261903)
“Last seasons fruit is eaten
And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.
For last years words belong to last years language
And next years words await another voice.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)