Chance Gates' Blog

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient’s ego freedom to decide one way or another.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

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A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
Benjamin Franklin

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
Benjamin Franklin

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
Benjamin Franklin

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
Benjamin Franklin

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Benjamin Franklin

A penny saved is a penny earned.
Benjamin Franklin

A small leak can sink a great ship.
Benjamin Franklin

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Benjamin Franklin

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Benjamin Franklin

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Benjamin Franklin

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
Benjamin Franklin

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Benjamin Franklin

Applause waits on success.
Benjamin Franklin

As a Reno/Sparks real estate professional; I encourage all questions and comments, on the Reno/Sparks real estate market or any of the articles posted in this blog.

Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy.
Mike Ditka

Here’s what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We’re given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.
Mike Ditka

I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there’s a few people I haven’t made mad yet, I want to get them.
Mike Ditka
If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn’t have given us arms.
Mike Ditka

If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let’s face it.
Mike Ditka

If you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.
Mike Ditka

It’s your body and you’re going to have a much better life, you are going to have a quality life, better lifestyle, you’re going to be healthier, you’re going to be happier, you’re going to enjoy the people around you and they’re going to enjoy you more.
Mike Ditka

As a Reno/Sparks real estate professional; I encourage all questions and comments, on the Reno/Sparks real estate market or any of the articles posted in this blog.

Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.
Frank Sinatra

Basically, I’m for anything that gets you through the night – be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Frank Sinatra

Cock your hat – angles are attitudes.
Frank Sinatra

Don’t get even, get mad.
Frank Sinatra

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.
Frank Sinatra

I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn’t be a staring contest.
Frank Sinatra

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family – and I don’t think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.
Frank Sinatra

I’m gonna live till I die.
Frank Sinatra

I’m not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I’m not looking for the secret to life… I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.
Frank Sinatra

I’m supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I’ve flunked more often than not. I’m very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don’t understand them.
Frank Sinatra

May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra

People often remark that I’m pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you’ve got to have talent and know how to use it.
Frank Sinatra

Rock ‘n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
Frank Sinatra

The best revenge is massive success.
Frank Sinatra

As a Reno/Sparks real estate professional, I encourage all questions or comments on the Reno/Sparks real estate market or any of the articles posted.  I can be reached be email at chance@ballard-company.com or http://www.myspace.com/chancegates