Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Katsuko Saruhashi: Women scientists
“There are many women who have the ability to become great scientists. I would like to see the day when women can contribute to science and technology on an equal footing with men.” —Katsuko Saruhashi.
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Fred Savage: Longevity
“I think a lot of longevity, especially as a performer, depends on kind of what your commodity is. If your commodity is your cuteness and your chubby cheeks and your big gap between your teeth, if that’s what your greatest asset is, of course that fails or that changes, you know, that goes away. Of…
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Pope Francis: Abortion
“Abortion isn’t a lesser evil, it’s a crime. Taking one life to save another, that’s what the Mafia does. It’s a crime. It’s an absolute evil.” —Pope Francis.
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Camila Cabello: Relationships
‘I’ve learned that I don’t want to be as open or public about relationships anymore. In my first relationship, I thought I could hold on to the normalcy of just being like “Yeah, we’re dating,” just like if it were high school and I was telling my friends. But in high school, there aren’t articles…
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Britney Spears: Broken hearts
“Broken hearts are like cuts you hate them but you have them.” —Britney Spears.
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Kevin Federline: Reverse sexism
‘If a guy married a woman and the guy was more famous, the world wouldn’t deem it an inequal relationship. But if you have a guy marrying a woman who is more well-known, more, in quotes, “powerful,” more wealthy, then there’s a kind of reverse sexism that comes out, right?’ —Kevin Federline.
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Steven Soderbergh: Always recovering
“Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.” —Steven Soderbergh.
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Bella Thorne: Really good acting
“Really good acting is not about dialogue. It’s really just about small moments that really make the whole entire scene and the intention completely different than even maybe what the characters are saying. Two characters could be saying, “I hate you, and I don’t want to be with you anymore!” But yet somehow, their toes…
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Demi Lovato: Recovery
“Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it’s something that it doesn’t get a day off.” —Demi Lovato.
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Reese Witherspoon : Managing careers or lives
“Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.” —Reese Witherspoon.
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Kurt Vonnegut: Modern times
“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.” — Kurt Vonnegut.
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Mark Zuckerberg: Simple rule of business
“I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.” —Mark Zuckerberg.
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Selena Gomez: Let it be painful
“You can’t shut down, you can’t say, ‘What can I do to make this go away?’. You have to let it be painful and get through it. Every day gets better. Because when you’re in love, you kind of give everything and make that person your life. So every day you get more and more…
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Ringo Starr: Drugs and alcohol
“That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.” —Ringo Starr.
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James Packer: Real difference
“People can make a real difference. One person at a time, one job at a time, one life at a time.” —James Packer.
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Ustad Bismillah Khan: Ragas and regrets
“Music lets me forget bad experiences. You cannot keep ragas and regrets in your mind together.” —Ustad Bismillah Khan.
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Fred Rogers: ‘Look for the helpers’
‘When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”’ —Fred Rogers.
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Warren Buffett: Inflation
“Our outlook for inflation is always the same. We feel there’s a big bias toward inflation – – – both in the U.S. and around the world. But our objective is not to profit from it as much as it is to avoid disaster. Our outlook leads to our buying businesses with the same characteristics…
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Simon Sinek: Planners and dreamers
“In weak companies the dreamers are expected to serve the planners. In great companies the planners feel inspired to serve the dreamers.” —Simon Sinek.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Music
“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. ” —Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Groucho Marx: Idiotic
“He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.” —Groucho Marx .
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Scott Eastwood: Entertainment gossip
“[Some outlets] shouldn’t even call themselves news providers; they’re just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking.” —Scott Eastwood.
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Allison Janney: Servant of two masters
“It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.” —Allison Janney.
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St. Joseph: Born to love
“We are born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more.” —Saint Joseph.
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Fred Rogers: My heroes
‘We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.’ —Fred Rogers, television host, songwriter, and author (20 Mar 1928-2003).
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Shawn Mendes: Always trying to impress someone
“Live like you’re always trying to impress someone.” —Shawn Mendes.
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Wendy Williams: Motto
“When you’re an outsider or a misfit, if you play it smart, your motto should be, ‘I’ll show ’em. I will show you.’” —Wendy Williams.
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Aubrey O’Day: Boxes and corners
“I think in society we tend to put ourselves in boxes and corners and restrict ourselves, and we constantly feel the need to not say this or not wear this.” —Aubrey O’Day.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: Very fine line
“What strikes me is that there’s a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.” —Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Warren Buffett: The difference
“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” — Warren Buffett.
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Julia Michaels: Typecast and stereotype
“It’s ingrained in people’s minds that it’s a typecast and a stereotype that women are just emotional and crazy.” —Julia Michaels.
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Keith Urban: Temptations all around
“From the cradle to the grave, temptations all around. But no matter how good the fix, its gonna take you down.” —Keith Urban.
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Selena Gomez: Never look back
“Never look back. If Cinderella had looked back and picked up the shoe she would have never found her prince.” —Selena Gomez.
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Michelle Williams: Concentric circles
“I don’t believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles – concentric circles that connect.” —Michelle Williams.
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Steve Krug: Usability
“Usability is about people and how they understand and use things, not about technology.” —Steve Krug.
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Mohammed Bin Salman: Contradictions
“(Women and men) are all human beings and there is no difference… We have extremists who forbid mixing between the two sexes and are unable to differentiate between a man and a woman alone together and being together in the workplace. Many of those ideas contradict the way of life during the time of the…
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Cynthia Nixon: Same privileges and same responsibilities
“When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside white people, they did not redefine eating out. They were simply invited to the table. That is all we want to do; we have no desire to change marriage. We want to be…
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Raj Thackeray: Language and culture
“Whoever lives in whichever state should learn the culture of the state and its language.” —Raj Thackeray.
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Simon Sinek: Bossing and leading
“A boss tells people what they can do to achieve a goal. A leader asks people what they can do to advance a vision.” —Simon Sinek.
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Henrik Ibsen: Take the helm
“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” —Henrik Ibsen.
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Steve Jobs: Focusing
‘The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying “Yes.” No. Focusing is about saying “No.” And when you say “No,” you piss off people.’ —Steve Jobs.
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Warren Buffett: Spring will be over
“So it’s a terrible mistake to look at what’s going on in the economy today and then decide whether to buy or sell stocks based on it. You should decide whether to buy or sell stocks based on how much you’re getting for your money, long-term value you’re getting for your money at any given…
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Renée Zellweger: Importance of kindness
“I think we underestimate the importance of kindness sometimes. We understand the power of just a little tiny bit of kindness. It could be the catalyst for something so important. Sometimes just a tiny little gesture or an acknowledgment can make all the difference in turning somebody’s life around. I think it has a trickle…
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Paul Krugman: Manufacturing
“There are clearly a lot of things that India could be manufacturing. That is why India probably needs to move more into manufacturing. Service export, not necessarily the service sector as a whole, disproportionately employs highly educated, high skilled people. You need to create jobs for hundreds of millions of people who are going to…
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Jim Carrey: In the moment
“If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.” —Jim Carrey.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Day after day
“I don’t think you can expect someone to be personally attacked day after day, minute by minute, and sit back.” —Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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Stephen Hawking: Black holes
“Black holes aren’t as black as they are painted. They are not the eternal prisons they were once thought. Things can get out of a black hole, both on the outside, and possibly to another universe. So if you feel you are in a black hole, don’t give up. There is a way out.” —Stephen…
