Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
– Sam Ewing
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.
– Sam Ewing
Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
– Sam Ewing
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.
– Sam Ewing
Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
– Sam Ewing
On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting.
– Sam Ewing
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.
– Sam Ewing
The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.
– Sam Ewing
The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.
– Sam Ewing
When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.
– Sam Ewing
It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in the hours.
– Sam Ewing
Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.