Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: We deceive ourselves
“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Steven Wright: Like an idiot
“There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.” —Steven Wright.
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Caitlyn Jenner: Gamble, cheat, lie and steal
“Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life – dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness.” —Caitlyn Jenner.
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Michelle Visage: Presence always triumphs prefection
“IF YOU EVER FEEL YOURSELF GIVING IN TO YOUR INNER EVIL TWIN, KNOW THIS: In every battle, from lip-syncing to real life, presence always trumps perfection. Confidence trumps competence, so wear it like an accessory.” —Michelle Visage, The Diva Rules: Ditch the Drama, Find Your Strength, and Sparkle Your Way to the Top.
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Gìsele Bündchen: What marriage is
“When I’m weak, you can be strong; when I’m strong, you can be weak. That’s what I believe marriage is.” —Gìsele Bündchen.
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G K Chesterton: Fashion of Lazarus
“The Church is dying as usual; but the modern world is dead; and cannot be raised save in the fashion of Lazarus.” —G K Chesterton.
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G K Chesterton: Squabble of anthropoid apes
“You can find it written in a book that I am a mere survival of a squabble of anthropoid apes; and perhaps I am. I am sure I have no objection. But my dog knows I am a man, and you will not find the meaning of that word written in any book as clearly…
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C S Lewis: Insatiable
“Envy is insatiable. The more you concede to it the more it will demand.” —C S Lewis.
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Jack Dorsey: Fundamentally recipient-controlled
“The first complaint we hear from everyone is: ‘Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother’s eating for lunch?’ But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled – you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down…
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Walter Bagehot: Also a spectacle
“An ambassador is not simply an agent, he is also a spectacle.” —Walter Bagehot.
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E W Djikstra: Without writing it
“A program is like a poem: you cannot write a poem without writing it.” —E.W Dijkstra.
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Simon Sinek: Next generation
“Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.” —Simon Sinek.
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Shirish Kunder: Nationalism
“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.” —Shirish Kunder.
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Simon Sinek: Trust
“Trust is a beautiful thing. It feels good to give it and it feels good when others give it to us.” —Simon Sinek.
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Chris Pratt: Sing obnoxiously loud in the shower
“My favorite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower.” —Chris Pratt.
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Jeremy Hardy: Ancestry
“For me, ancestry is just one thing that connects us to people, and feeling connected to other people is generally a good thing, as long as one kind of connection does not have primacy over all the others. Heredity, race and nationhood are not the best criteria by which to judge our fellow humans.” —Jeremy…
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Shilpa Shetty: Yoga
“Yoga did not just help me with my body, I became fitter from within. It helped me to focus better. In the movies, we may look very glamourous and fit, but believe me, not many of us are actually fit from within. Yoga has helped me achieve that.” —Shilpa Shetty.
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Tim Fargo: You’re already dead
“Trust gets you killed, love gets you hurt, and being real gets you hated. But without them, you’re already dead.” —Tim Fargo.
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Warren Buffett: Inflation
“Inflation is always a latent danger to an economy. I mean I always think of inflation as being in remission at all times, because it’s something that has a cause that will recur, in terms of human behavior, from time to time, I think, in terms of how legislatures behave and governments behave. So, I…
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Thomas Merton: Creating our own lives
“It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: That of creating our own lives.” —Thomas Merton.
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Charles Assisi: Package deal
“Loneliness accompanies leadership. It’s a package deal.” —Charles Assisi.
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Paddy Chayefsky: Professor of pain
“You don’t get to be good-hearted by accident. You get kicked around long enough, you become a professor of pain.” —Paddy Chayefsky, playwright, in “Marty”.
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An Wang: Markets change
“Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.” —An Wang.
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G K Chesterton: Rather startling
“I do not generally agree with those who find rain depressing. A shower-bath is not depressing; it is rather startling. And if it is exciting when a man throws a pail of water over you, why should it not also be exciting when the gods throw many pails?” —G K Chesterton.
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Cory Booker: Patriotism
“Patriotism is love of country. But you can’t love your country without loving your countrymen and countrywomen. We don’t always have to agree, but we must empower each other, we must find the common ground, we must build bridges across our differences to pursue the common good.” —Cory Booker.
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Stendhal: Does not matter
“If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.” —Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), novelist (23 Jan 1783-1842).
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Langston Hughes: When you turn the corner
“When you turn the corner / And you run into yourself / Then you know that you have turned / All the corners that are left.” —-Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1 Feb 1902-1967).
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Jean-Paul Sartre: Words wreak havoc
“Words wreak havoc when they find a name for what had up to then been lived namelessly.” – Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Whoopi Goldberg: Showing off
“Now, I’ve always known that there were bullies in the world. We’ve seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks… show off. To me, that’s what bullying is, showing off. It’s…
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Jordan L Hawk: Fawning sycophants
“Bullies like him were only strong while assured of victory; when faced with anyone more powerful, they turned into fawning sycophants, desperate to prove themselves.” —Jordan L. Hawk.
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Criss Jami: Young outcast
“A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.” —Criss Jami.
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Heather Brewer: Horrible thing
“Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.” —Heather Brewer.
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Kwame Alexander: Being afraid is normal
“Bullies don’t like to fight, son. They like to win. Being afraid is normal. The only fight you really have to win is the one against the fear.” —Kwame Alexander.
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Mehak Bhalla: Getting bullied
“Getting bullied in school taught me how to be strong, getting judged taught me to be better, failure taught me to be resilient and being made fun of taught me humility.” —Mehak Bhalla.
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Andrew Vachss: Endangered species
“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.” —Andrew Vachss.
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Wayne Gerard Trotman: Quite aware of your potential
“People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.” —Wayne Gerard Trotman.
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Taylor Swift: Be yourself even more
“If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.” —Taylor Swift.
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G K Chesterton: Scandal
“Scandal means scandal, what it originally meant in Greek and Latin: the tripping up of somebody else when he is trying to be good.” —G K Chesterton.
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Christopher Dawson: Religion and culture
“A society which has lost its religion becomes sooner or later a society which has lost its culture.” —Christopher Dawson.
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Billie Eilish: Strong perspectives
“In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated. If you’re a girl with an opinion, people just hate you. There are still people who are afraid of successful women, and that’s so lame.” —Billie Eilish.
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Artie Lange: Drinking in moderation
“The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don’t drink in moderation.” —Artie Lange.
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Fr. Ronald Knox: Set of truths
“Modernism assumes that the truths of the Christian religion, instead of being a set of truths handed down once for all, which it is the duty of the Church to maintain and to teach, are in some way dependent on, and capable of being revised by, the ordinary Christian believer.” —Fr. Ronald Knox.
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Joseph Sobran: Partial-Birth abortion
“Partial-Birth abortion, as it’s called, is so nakedly nasty that you marvel that anyone could defend it: the child’s brain is sucked out, its skull crushed, on the verge of birth. Both sides agree on one thing: it follows from the very logic of legitimating abortion.” —Joseph Sobran.
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Clark Gable: Extra dividend
“It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you’ve fallen in love with.” —Clark Gable.
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Joyce Brothers: Family happinesses
“When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.” —Joyce Brothers, psychologist.
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G K Chesterton: Madman’s cell
“A church all to oneself is not a church at all. It is a madman’s cell.” —G K Chesterton.
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G K Chesterton: Male peculiarity
“The desire to meet and argue for hours is a male peculiarity.” —G K Chesterton.
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Jeffrey Benjamin: Higher ground
“You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.” —Jeffrey Benjamin.
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Jay Asher: Take responsibility
“When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.” —Jay Asher.
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Lynette Mather: Only surgeon
“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?” —Lynette Mather.
