…they might not ever get off the ground

“There are dreamers and realists in this world. You’d think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not, the opposite is true…. You see, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun, and the realists? Well, without the [...]

The Best to Have Ever Played the Game…

Some people struggle to motivate themselves, believing the world is often against them.  Take a look at Michael Jordan, one of the finest basketball players of all times.  His every move was scrutinised, every point counted, every foul marked down.  When the game was on the line, the ball went to Michael. The reason we [...]

If His Chest Had Been a Cannon

“He piled upon the whale’s white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart’s shell upon it.” Herman Melville wrote this amazing line, to describe the feelings of Captain Ahab [...]

Classic Movie Quotes, Cut Nicely

I stumbled across a video the other day which i consider to be brilliant.  I’m a huge fan of classic movies, and have a tendency to well up when; “The victorious <blank> wins/saves the <blank> to make sure the <blank> gets <blank>!“ Let’s face it, that describes every Hollywood movie of the last 20 years.  [...]