Destony Quotes

A business that makes nothing but

money is a poor business

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

I came from a real tough neighborhood.

I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.

Freedom is being yourself,

no matter what anyone else thinks.

It is better to deserve honors

and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

The mind is a fertile garden;

what you cultivate grows.

Good breeding consists in concealing

how much we think of ourselves and

how little we think of the other person.

Christmas is a season

not only of rejoicing

but of reflection.

I don’t know where I’m going from here,

but I promise it won’t be boring.

Mystery creates wonder,

and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as

spending our lives running from it.

After two years at UCLA,

I decided to leave.

I was convinced that no amount of education

would help a black man get a job.

Fashion is a weapon.

I wanted to know the name of every stone

and flower and insect and bird and beast,

I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life

but there was no one to tell me.

Suicide is man's way of telling God, You can't fire me I Quit.

The young man knows the rules,

but the old man knows the exceptions.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right;

a single experiment can prove me wrong.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim

is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission.