Famous quotes containing the words successful, drop and/or kick:
“The passions are the only orators that are always successful in persuading. They are a kind of art in nature, that proceeds upon infallible rules; and the plainest man, with the help of passion, shall prevail more than the most eloquent man without it.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“There is regret. Always, there is regret.
But it is better that our lives unloose,
As two tall ships, wind-mastered, wet with light,
Break from an estuary with their courses set,
And waving part, and waving drop from sight.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Don’t milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)