quotes about Despondency

“Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave.”

Source : "The Black Jacobins". Book by C. L. R. James, 1963.

“Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.”

“Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.”

“I strive to make the next painting better than the last one. That's why the most exciting thing to me is the next one.”

“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.”

Source : Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.46, Triumph Books

“I wasn't trying to be anything. I was just myself.”

“Music is a necessity. After food, air, water and warmth, music is the next necessity of life.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 01, 2011

“It is not a problem. I had been nominated by my country Uganda and the African continent had endorsed me... No matter how much noise the frogs make, they cannot stop a cow from drinking water.”

“who can Perswade more Powerfully than Poets?”

“Greed is but a word jealous men inflict upon the ambitious.”