"Fame is like a shaved pig with a……" — Davy Crockett
"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"
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35 Quotes by Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett has 35 quotes on this site.
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Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
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It is quite possible that someone is insane and they think they have a chance. Not insane in the clinical…
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You can all go to heck; I will go to Texas
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I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The…
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Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was…
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I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade…
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If I could rest anywhere, it would be in Arkansas, where the men are of the real half-horse, half-alligator breed…
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Congress allows lemonade to the members and has it charged under the head of stationery-I move also that whiskey be…
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The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.
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I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I…
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I want people to be able to get what they need to live: enough food, a place to live, and…
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Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
— Aristotle
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If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster…
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Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
— Jane Austen
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Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality…
— Paul Auster
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance…
— Oksana Baiul
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites…
— Ansel Adams
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
— Honore de Balzac
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You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be…
— Ernie Banks
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