I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. —James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time More about this quote Tags: pain hatred reasons Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It’s better to not have a reputation than a bad one. —Nic Pizzolatto More about this quote Tags: reputation infamy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world. —Charlie Munger More about this quote Tags: news action thought Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The author of genius does keep till his last breath the spontaneity, the ready sensitiveness, of a child, the “innocence of eye” that means so much to the painter, the ability to respond freshly and quickly to new scenes, and to old scenes as though they were new… This freshness of response is vital to the author’s talent… But there is another element to his character, fully as important to his success. It is adult, discriminating, temperate, and just. It is the side of the artisan, the workman, and the critic rather than the artist. It must work continually with and through the emotional and childlike side, or we have no work of art. If either element of the artist’s character gets too far out of hand the result will be bad work, or no work at all. The writer’s first task is to get these two elements of his nature into balance, to combine their aspects into one integrated character. —Dorothea Brande in Becoming A Writer More about this quote Tags: career writing art work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because we are laughed at, I don’t think people really understand how essential [comedians] are to their sanity. If it weren’t for the brief respite we give the world with our foolishness, the world would see mass suicide in numbers that compare favorably with the death rate of the lemmings. I’m sure most of you have heard the story of the man who, desperately ill, goes to an analyst and tells the doctor that he has lost his desire to live and that is seriously considering suicide. The doctor listens to his tale of melancholia and then tells the patient that what he needs is a good belly laugh. He then advises the unhappy man to go to the circus that night and spend the evening laughing at Grock, the world’s funniest clown. The doctor sums it up, “After you have seen Grock, I am sure you will be much happier.” The patient rises to his feet, looks sadly at the doctor, turns and ambles toward the door. As he starts to leave the doctor says, “By the way, what is your name?” The man turns and regards the analyst with sorrowful eyes. “I am Grock.” —Groucho Marx in Groucho And Me More about this quote Tags: humor depression comedy suicide Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. —H. L. Mencken in Minority Report More about this quote Tags: humanity power greed idealism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The core of all humor, the reason for it all, is unhappiness. —Bob Mankoff More about this quote Tags: humor unhappiness dissatisfaction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: quotation originality repition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Show up on time. I learned this from the mentor who I call Bigfoot in Kitchen Confidential. If you didn’t show up 15 minutes exactly before your shift — if you were 13 minutes early — you lost the shift, you were sent home. The second time you were fired. It is the basis of everything. I make all my major decisions on other people based on that. Give the people you work with or deal with or have relationships with the respect to show up at the time you said you were going to. And by that I mean, every day, always and forever. Always be on time. It is a simple demonstration of discipline, good work habits, and most importantly respect for other people. —Anthony Bourdain More about this quote Tags: time respect discipline punctuality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. —Charles Darwin More about this quote Tags: truth knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side. —Charlie Munger More about this quote Tags: learning time ideas destruction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The ability to destroy your ideas rapidly instead of slowly when the occasion is right is one of the most valuable things. You have to work hard on it. Ask yourself what are the arguments on the other side. It’s bad to have an opinion you’re proud of if you can’t state the arguments for the other side better than your opponents. This is a great mental discipline. —Charlie Munger More about this quote Tags: opinion learning knowledge discipline Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you love something that somebody does – some art, some words, some sounds – you tell them that you love it. You tell everyone how much you love it, repeatedly and enthusiastically. Don’t save your appreciation for later, or worry about wearing people out with your passion. Because the happy truth is this: If a piece of art truly moves you, you will never, ever run out of new adjectives to express how much you love it. Getting to love someone’s art is one of the very finest parts of being alive. —Paul Constant More about this quote Tags: love life gratitude happiness art appreciation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Let there be such oneness between us that when one cries, the other tastes salt. —Rosabelle Believe More about this quote Tags: love sadness tears unity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Justice without love is not justice. Love without justice is not love. —Mother Teresa More about this quote Tags: justice love Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email