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My Boys Quotes (page 2)

Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate..."
Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details. Arthur Conan Doyle
How can I teach my boys the value and beauty of language and thus communication when the President himself reads westerns exclusively and cannot put together a simple English sentence? (John Steinbeck, in a private letter written during the Eisenhower administration) John Steinbeck
The world is a stage of excitement. There's danger whatever you do. But if you are tempted in weakness, Have courage, my boy, to say "no. Thomas S. Monson
I am incapable of carrying on a discussion to fruitful lengths. I am incapable of the audacity of being logical. I confess to you, my boy, I have not the strength to be right. Henri Barbusse
I'll come some day," he said. "But women, my boy, they're the pivot everything turns upon. Things are in a bad way with me, very bad. And it's all through women. Tell me frankly now," he pursued, picking up a cigar and keeping one hand on his glass; "give me your advice. Leo Tolstoy
Kenneth Grahame quote: "I'm going to make an animal out of you, my boy!"
I'm going to make an animal out of you, my boy! Kenneth Grahame
You know, my boy, he said, it's impossible to love men such as they are. And yet we must. So try to do good to men by doing violence to your feelings, holding your nose, and shutting your eyes, especially shutting your eyes. Endure their villainy without anger, as much as possible; try to remember that you're a man too. For, if you're even a little above average intelligence, you'll have the propensity to judge people severely. Men are vile by nature and they'd rather love out of fear. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky
No one knows, at sight a masterpiece. And give up verse, my boy, There's nothing in it. Likewise a friend of Bloughram's once advised me: Don't kick against the pricks, Accept opinion. The Nineties tried your game. And died, there's nothing in it. Ezra Pound
There are a good many books, are there not, my boy? said Mr. Brownlow, observing the curiosity with which Oliver surveyed the shelves that reached from the floor to the ceiling. Charles Dickens
I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past and the present, like other low creatures: no higher faculties than memory and perception. But dragons, my boy, have a whole different kind of mind.' He stretched his mouth in a kind of smile, no trace of pleasure in it. 'We are from the mountaintop: all time, all space. We see in one instant the passionate vision and the blowout. John Gardner
I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams. Princess Diana
If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first. Rod Stewart
Liv Tyler quote: "All my boys make me laugh."
All my boys make me laugh. Liv Tyler
Imran Khan quote: "Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in..."
Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament. Imran Khan
Dante Gabriel Rossetti quote: "Conception, my boy, fundamental brain work, is what makes all..."
Conception, my boy, fundamental brain work, is what makes all the difference in art. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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