Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan
The poem... is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see - it is, rather, a light by which we may see - and what we see is life. Robert Penn Warren
I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men. Edmund Hillary
My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. Joan Jett
[I think] the movie is not a thing which is taken by the camera; the movie is the reality of the movie moving from reality to the camera. Jean-Luc Godard
There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well. Vince Carter