C. D. Tavares

Life is a marathon, it’s not a sprint.

It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.

Willpower is a myth. The problem with trying to use willpower to achieve and sustain a behavioral change is that it is fueled by emotion. And as we all know, our emotions are, at best, fickle. They come and go. When your emotions start running down — and they will — even your best-laid plans will fall flat.

Man is what he believes.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They’ll tell you.

There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.

Careful. We don’t want to learn from this.

There are no limitations to any of our dreams.

Never turn your back on enthusiasm.

The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

I no longer feel the need of seeking out conscious Americanism. Because we live here and work here, we can be certain that when our music is mature it will also be American in quality.

I think you’re running into a lot of trouble if your idea of foreplay is, ‘Brace yourself honey, here I come!’