"I started out very quiet and I..." - Quote by Ernest Hemingway
I started out very quiet and I beat Mr. Turgenev. Then I trained hard and I beat Mr. de Maupassant. I've fought two draws with Mr. Stendhal, and I think I had an edge in the last one. But nobody's going to get me in any ring with Mr. Tolstoy unless I'm crazy or I keep getting better.
More by Ernest Hemingway
“Life is pain, so live it up while you can.”
“There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and because it takes a man's life to know them the little that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.”
“I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.”
More on Ambition
“A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.”
“Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer”
“As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.”