Promptly Quotes

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If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that… — Samuel Butler
Out of war nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious. They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by the few… — Smedley Butler
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double… — Winston Churchill
During a very busy life I have often been asked, "How did you manage to do it all?" The answer is very simple. It is… — Richard Tangye
I assume my stance, and take back the club, low, slowly; at the top, my eyes fog over, and my joints dip and swirl like… — John Updike
It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to… — Elbert Hubbard
"I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing." "Oh," says man, "but the Babel… — Douglas Adams
It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly… — Etienne de La Boetie
I beat my children daily, with a shoe, because I don't want them to grow up fairies. At 9 p.m. I promptly play The Wall… — Thom Yorke
I have often noticed that when people come to understand a mathematical proposition in some other way than that of the ordinary demonstration, they promptly… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Some people seem to believe that for each problem there is a solution readily available - a solution that can be promptly achieved by passing… — John W. Gardner
I was gearing up for it. I took some singing lessons. And I opened my mouth, and Atom promptly said, 'That's not going to happen.… — Colin Firth
People always arrive promptly at the places where they are expected. — Paulo Coelho
A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money, — Robert Crandall
If anyone thinks that Jews can steal into the land of their fathers, he is deceiving either himself or others. Nowhere is the coming of… — Theodor Herzl
Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities… — John Culberson
Right away I thought I'd been hit by a hand grenade ... her (Joni Mitchells') voice, those words ... she nailed me to the back… — David Crosby
There is no harm in being sometimes wrong - especially if one is promptly found out. — John Maynard Keynes
The ironic life is a life keenly alert, keenly sensitive, reacting promptly with feelings of liking or dislike to each bit of experience, letting none… — Randolph Bourne
Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get… — Aristotle Onassis

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