Quote authors in 1940

Authors of 1940

Born or Deceased in 1940

John Lennon

John Lennon

Born :9 October 1940

Russell banks

Russell banks

Born :28 March 1940

John Havlicek

John Havlicek

Born :8 April 1940

Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

Born :21 January 1940

Tony Oliva

Tony Oliva

Born :20 July 1940

Merlin Olsen

Merlin Olsen

Born :15 September 1940

Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

Born :23 June 1940

Willie Stargell

Willie Stargell

Born :6 March 1940

Fran Tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton

Born :3 February 1940

Joe Torre

Joe Torre

Born :18 July 1940

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Born :21 December 1940

Paul Arden

Paul Arden

Born :7 April 1940

Peter Benchley

Peter Benchley

Born :8 May 1940

Quotes of 1940

Quotes taken from the authors in 1940

Over the years, I've had hundreds of shots blocked. You've got to go in and take chances.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

Willie Stargell

To be successful, one must take chances.

Willie Stargell

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.

Willie Stargell

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

Willie Stargell

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

Willie Stargell

Television isn't my career. Business is.

You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?

If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.

In sports, teams win and individuals don't.

Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want?'

Have you noticed that the cleverest people at school are often not the ones who succeed in life?

There are rules in advertising, and those rules are self-imposed by the client companies because they don't want their products to be seen as dishonest.

We are all advertising, all of the time. If you want to sell your car, what do you do? You clean and polish it and make it the best you can. Some people bake bread when they are trying to sell their house because the smell adds a friendly feeling. Even the priest, with all his or her fervour, is advertising God. Everybody is selling.

It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.

When we lost, I couldn't sleep at night. When we win, I can't sleep at night. But, when you win, you wake up feeling better.

It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

I was always a little hesitant to accuse people of loading a bat to hit a ball farther. I was always very hesitant to approach people because I never had any evidence that I had firsthand knowledge of.

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest