Late Risers Quotes

#1. At a banquet given in his honour Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock once modestly attributed his success in life to the habit of "getting up earlier than the other fellow." But this was partly metaphorical, partly false and in case wholly relative for journalists are as a rule late risers.

Evelyn Waugh

#2. Fear seems to be the ruling judge.

Gail Tsukiyama

#3. Somehow the fact of enormous privilege and freedom carries with it a sense of impotence, which is a strange, but striking, phenomenon. The fact is, we can do just about anything. There is no difficulty, wherever you are, in finding groups that are working hard on things that concern you.

Noam Chomsky

#4. That feeling of finishedness does not come all at once, and it is not easily won, but I think once you get there it is hard to go back.

John Green

#5. Excuse me for a moment, will ye. I think I have to talk to the river,' he said unsteadily and flopped over the side-rail.

Ian Livingstone

#6. There's a lot [of coaches], and I think in this profession, none of us invented this game, we got it from someone else, and if there's an idea, there's probably never been an original idea in football.

Chip Kelly

#7. Daring life, optimistic living.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#8. This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate.

Marcus Aurelius

#9. When you're applying for jobs, it's best to be employed while doing it. You want the world to know that you're not lollygagging between gigs, but instead have a lot of choices in front of you and are actively charting your own path.

Sophia Amoruso

#10. It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

Khaleda Zia

#11. Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you.

Reynolds Price