#therootedman

“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self-respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.”

“Let me tell you something kid, everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either ‘cause they’re too scared, or because they don’t recognize it when it spits on their shoes. This is your big chance, and you shouldn’t let it go by…”

“Aristocratic gentlemen in Europe, and sometimes in this country, go out with a couple of friends and try to kill each other with swords or revolvers at twenty paces. Why don’t they settle the question with their fists? There would be no loss of life and it would be equally effective in determining who is the better man.”

John L. Sullivan (October 1858 - February 1918)

"Dress like you've made something of yourself in the world, even if you haven't."

 Style Rule #24 (courtesy of Men's Health)

"There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good."

Edwin Denby (February 1903 - July 1983)

"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."

 General James N. Mattis (Born: September 8, 1950)

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

Pancho Villa (June 1878 - July 1923)

"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance."