Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Regina King: That’s really unfortunate
“A lot of black women still carry a lot of pain when they see black men with women who aren’t black, and that’s really unfortunate that that could make us so upset. It has to do with self esteem.” —Regina King.
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Darren Criss: Artistry in everything
“As a composer and as a musician I’m a true believer – and this is not to be overly diplomatic – I’m a believer that there’s artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There’s art in absolutely everything.” —Darren Criss.
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Jamie Lee Curtis: The more I like me
“The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.” —Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Alison Brie: What is it about women?
“What is it about women that they just go right for the guy that totally repulses them?” —Alison Brie.
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Idris Elba: Trained to do the right thing
“As an actor, you’re trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you’re working with.” —Idris Elba.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Fight
“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Michelle Obama: Courage can be contagious
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” —Michelle Obama.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Reacting
“Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.” —Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Daniel Kahneman: Blind to our blindness
“We’re blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We’re not designed to know how little we know.” —Daniel Kahneman.
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David Grann: Last truly unexplored frontier
“The amazing thing about the sea is that it is perhaps the last truly unexplored frontier; most oceanographers estimate that only about ninety-five per cent of the sea has been studied. Meanwhile, the oceans are believed to contain more animals than exist on land, a majority of which have never been discovered.” —David Grann.
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Stephen Hawking: Always angry or complaining
“People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.” —Stephen Hawking.
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Yuval Noah Harari: You’re the product
“There is a saying that if you get something for free, you should know that you’re the product. It was never more true than in the case of Facebook and Gmail and YouTube. You get free social-media services, and you get free funny cat videos. In exchange, you give up the most valuable asset you…
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Charles Krauthammer: Choose incompetence
“Whenever you’re faced with an explanation of what’s going on in Washington, the choice between incompetence and conspiracy, always choose incompetence.” —Charles Krauthammer.
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Tara Westover: Very difficult
“It’s very difficult to continue to believe in yourself and that you’re a good person when the people who know you best don’t.” —Tara Westover.
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Michelle Obama: Realities
“The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.” —Michelle Obama.
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James Patterson: People like to talk
“People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think that changes things, when it doesn’t.” —James Patterson.
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Nicholas Sparks: Romance
“Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.” —Nicholas Sparks.
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George R R Martin: Be careful, my lady
“So , It’s truth you want? Be careful, my lady. Tyrion says that people often claim to hunger for the truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.” —George R R Martin.
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Delia Owens: Definition of a real man
“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.” —Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing.
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John Grisham: Three types of words
“There are three types of words: words we all know, words we should know, and words nobody knows. Don’t use the third category.” —John Grisham.
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David Baldacci: Fiction
“Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.” —David Baldacci.
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Ashley Banjo: Emotional abuse
“Emotional abuse is like being continuously kicked in the shins. It can be worse than getting one punch in the face, and it cements itself.” —Ashley Banjo.
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Zora Neale Hurston: Can’t hide it
“Those that don’t got it, can’t show it. Those that got it, can’t hide it.” —Zora Neale Hurston.
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Rami Malek: Really nice pen
“Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you’re going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.” —Rami Malek.
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Mary Robinson: Culture
“A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting human rights to make those standards a living reality for people everywhere.” —Mary Robinson.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Disservice
“There are a lot of people out there who lie about their age and I think it does us all a disservice. It can’t all be over when you hit 30. That would be rubbish.” —Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
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Vijay Mallya: Brand ambassador
“Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.” —Vijay Mallya.
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Remo D’Souza: Budgets
“Hollywood and Bollywood films cannot be compared because of their budgets!” —Remo D’Souza.
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A R Rahman: Institution of marriage
“The institution of marriage works better when there’s a spiritual connection. If you’re marrying just for the sake of the woman, then you may lose interest in each other very soon. When we marry in the interest of the Holy Spirit with the intention of serving God and humanity, then it gives a much larger…
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Emily Blunt: Advocate for short engagements
“Personally, I’m an advocate for short engagements. Long sometimes means there is a reason for it. Two years engaged and no wedding… I’d be upset.” —Emily Blunt.
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Louis Pasteur: Suffering
“One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.” —Louis Pasteur, chemist and bacteriologist (27 Dec 1822-1895).
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Bradley Cooper: Image that’s not real
“You can’t really control how people are going to feel about you; all you can really do is be yourself. Because if you seduce somebody, and you seduce them by pretending to be a certain way, once they are seduced they are going to find that you are not that way. And then you have…
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Kendall Jenner: Not a nice feeling
“What people don’t understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat; it’s not a nice feeling.” —Kendall Jenner.
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Isla Fisher: False idea of beauty
“Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.” —Isla Fisher.
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Matthew Morrison: Fame
“Fame, you know, it’s like a handgun – in the wrong hands, it’s dangerous.” —Matthew Morrison.
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Bradley Cooper: Peacocks
“I don’t know if it’s animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers up when women are around.” —Bradley Cooper.
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G K Chesterton: Puritanism and paganism
“Puritanism made a man too individual, and had its horrible outcome in Individualism. Paganism makes a man too collective, and its extreme outcome is in Communism.” —G K Chesterton.
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Scarlett Johansson: Public advocate
“If you take a job as a public advocate, then you must advocate publicly.” —Scarlett Johansson.
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Bradley Cooper: In a relationship
“In a relationship you want to treat people the way you want to be treated.” —Bradley Cooper.
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Danny Thomas: Success
“Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” —Danny Thomas.
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Adolfo Bioy Casares: Even the wolf
“Even the wolf has its moments of weakness, in which it sides with the lamb and thinks: I hope it runs away.” —Adolfo Bioy Casares, writer.
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Margot Robbie: That’s not living
“I’d rather trust nine people and have the 10th one stab me in the back. I’d take that fall in order to have those nine friendships or working relationships instead of having none. That’s not living.” —Margot Robbie.
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Kate Beckinsale: Road to complete madness
“I think that dwelling on other people’s perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.” —Kate Beckinsale.
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Holly Carpenter: Being coy gets you nowhere
“I think guys are afraid of being too straightforward, so sometimes being coy gets you nowhere.” —Holly Carpenter.
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Conor McGregor: Obsessed
“There’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Talent does not exist, we are all human beings. You could be anyone if you put in the time. You will reach the top, and that’s that. I am not talented, I am obsessed.” —Conor McGregor.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Con
“I can’t name a single issue with roots in race that doesn’t have economic implications, and I cannot think of a single economic issue that doesn’t have racial implications. The idea that we have to separate them out and choose one is a con.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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R Kelly: Being in love
“They say marriage will change you but it didn’t change me. Being in love changed me.” —R. Kelly.
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Nancy Pelosi: I don’t cry
“If I cry, it’s about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics – no, I don’t cry.” —Nancy Pelosi.
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Andrea Bocelli: Ear of a child
“Because, in opera, I have to sing for people that are very far from me, instead of, when I sing a song, I try to imagine to sing like in an ear of a child.” —Andrea Bocelli.
