Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

—Edgar Bergen

About Edgar Bergen

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Edgar John Bergen (né Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio performer. He was best known for his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Bergen pioneered modern-day ventriloquism and has been described by puppetry organization UNIMA as the “quintessential ventriloquist...

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A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

—Edgar Bergen

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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.

—American Proverb

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

—Edward Young

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God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.

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While I was young, when I burned with the love of God, I thought I would convert the whole world to God. But soon I realized that it would be more than enough to convert the people who lived in my town, and I made an effort for a long time, but was not successful. Then I realized that my agenda was still too ambitious, and I focused on the people in my household. But I could not convert them either. Finally I realized: I must work on myself, if I'm really going to have something to offer God. But I didn't even accomplish this.

—Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz

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