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Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by read more
Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by committee. If it was God's committee
for an animal adapted to communities without water..
it was a divine consensus.
There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
It is easier to stay out than get out.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
