Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Paulo Coelho: Tired of hating
“I forgive you not because I became a saint, but because I am tired of hating.” — Paulo Coelho.
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Lydia Polgreen: Emotion
“I think facts and truth are essential to journalism but you need to reckon with emotion. You have to deal with how people feel, otherwise you miss the story.” —Lydia Polgreen.
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Charlie Munger: Long-term advantage
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” —Charlie Munger.
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Carey Mulligan: We’re available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs
“Posing on the red carpet feels like you’re selling something that has nothing to do with you. If you do it with someone else, it’s like we’re saying, ‘Oh! We come as a pair! Would you like to buy both of us? We’re available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs!’” —Carey Mulligan.
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Prasad Narulkar: Always do something
“Always do something to change things around you, even if small steps.” – – – Prasad Narulkar @prasad84.
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Billy Ocean: Public service
“And you realise you’re doing a public service in making people happy – as a musician you can give people something a doctor, a lawyer, a politician cannot give them that. It’s not scientific. It’s spiritual – a good feeling. And although you don’t know them personally, the audience are like your friends.” —Billy Ocean.
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Christine Lagarde: Reasonably optimistic
“I’m reasonably optimistic because of the landscape we have at the moment. But we cannot sit back and wait for growth to continue as normal. I’m ringing not the alarm signal, but the strong encouragement and warning signal… We need to anticipate where the next crisis will be. Will it be shadow banking? Will it…
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Sofia Richie: That still doesn’t cut it, buddy
“I’m very light, so some people don’t really know that I’m black. I’ve been in situations where people will say something kind of racist, and I’ll step in, and they’ll be like, ‘Oh, well, you’re light.’ That still doesn’t cut it, buddy.” —Sofia Richie.
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Shah Rukh Khan: Slowly diminishing
“The line between what I really am, and what I am on reel, is slowly diminishing.” —Shah Rukh Khan.
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Dilip Kumar: Personality correction
“I think personality correction is necessary for successful men, like prime ministers, businessmen, politicians… it’s essential that one should keep an eye on one’s own personality. You must have seen people in politics who become chief ministers and then pass into oblivion – how egotistical they became and how pathetic they look.” —Dilip Kumar.
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Peace
“Peace is purchased from strength. It’s not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.” —Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Donald Trump Jr: Learn by watching it
“My father’s not the type of person that teaches you by saying, ‘Come here, son. I’m going to tell you about real estate.’ You learn by watching it. If you don’t pick it up, it’s your problem.” —Donald Trump, Jr.
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Miley Cyrus: Not a giant press junket
“I guess I kind of realized that my whole life isn’t one giant press junket. I don’t have to be smiling all the time and always have the perfect answer.” —Miley Cyrus.
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Mehbooba Mufti: Only purpose
“The only purpose of such blood-spattered acts of violence is to add to the tragedies and miseries of the people.” —Mehbooba Mufti.
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Peter Gabriel: Mood of a song
“I think that you get the mood of a song stronger if you get it right that way. On the other hand, you put some songs out live and they don’t catch flight. They just flop. It is hard to tell until they are out there.” —Peter Gabriel.
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Sarojini Naidu: New breed of men
“Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease.” —Sarojini Naidu.
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Vijay Mallya: Not a TGIF guy
“I’m not a T.G.I.F. guy. I get off a plane at 2 o’clock in the morning and I’m looking for my secretary because I want to know what’s going on.” —Vijay Mallya.
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Kehinde Wiley: Context
“There is a political and racial context behind everything that I do. Not always because I design it that way, or because I want it that way, but rather because it’s just the way people look at the work of an African-American artist in this country.” —Kehinde Wiley.
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James Snook: Message for companies
“My message for companies that think they haven’t been attacked is: ‘You’re not looking hard enough.’” – James Snook.
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R A Dickson: Love your enemies
“Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.” —R.A. Dickson.
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Mike Pence: Presidency
“The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.” —Mike Pence.
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Daniel Kahneman: Halo effect
“If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That’s the ‘halo effect.’ Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.” —Daniel Kahneman.
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Charles Darwin: Most responsive to change
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” —-Charles Darwin.
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Winston Churchill: Books of quotations
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.” – – – Winston Churchill.
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Gigi Hadid: Stalk fans
“I usually stalk fans because I think they’re really funny on Twitter. They don’t know it, but I’ll just go through their timelines, and if something is happening in the media, I always read fan accounts instead of the news because they have all the info and make the funniest jokes about it, so that’s…
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James Blunt: Feelings
“I found in my writing that I could express emotions that, as an everyday person, I have no interest in expressing: these strange things that girls talk about called feelings.” —James Blunt.
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Chesley Sullenberger: We owe it to our passengers
“My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry – especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation – that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.” —Chesley Sullenberger.
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Captain A G Lamplugh: Aviation
“Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.” — Captain A. G. LAMPLUGH.
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Bruce Lee: Cup of water
“In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all of your preconceived fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is so useful? Because it is empty.” — Bruce Lee.
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Richard Branson: Freedom of movement
“I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.” —Richard Branson.
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Mike Pence: Donald Trump
“Donald Trump gets it: he’s the genuine article. He’s a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers. And when Donald Trump does his talking, he doesn’t tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness.” – – – Mike Pence.
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Dayananda Saraswati: Fitness of pupil
“The fitness of the pupil is shown in his love for the acquisition of knowledge, his willingness to receive instruction, his reverence for learned and virtuous men, his attendance upon the teacher, and his execution of orders.” —Dayananda Saraswati.
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R Madhavan: How the team works
” When it comes to filmmaking, we have to deal with ego, anger, and a lot more; barring all these, how the team works towards the outcome matters. ” —R Madhavan.
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Paul Krugman: Politics
“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.” —Paul Krugman.
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Hasan Minhaj: Angry optimist
“I’d rather be an angry optimist than an angry nihilist.” —Hasan Minhaj.
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Ivanka Trump: Life is a marathon
“Life is a marathon, not a sprint. It’s about taking a bigger-picture approach.” —Ivanka Trump.
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Laurie Metcalf: Directing and acting
“I’ve been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn’t make you a good director.” —Laurie Metcalf.
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Jeff Bezos: Lean into the future
” What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.…
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Charlie Munger: No master plan
“At Berkshire there has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn’t cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.” —Charlie Munger.
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Jennifer Aniston: Damned
“You’re damned if you’re too thin and you’re damned if you’re too heavy. According to the press I’ve been both. Its impossible to satisfy everyone and I suggest we stop trying.” —Jennifer Aniston.
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Jennifer Garner: Nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine
“I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do and I know every job comes with a downside.” —Jennifer Garner.
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Edward Snowden: Even if you’re not
“Even if you’re not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.” —Edward Snowden.
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Daniel Kahneman: Reasons and decisions
“We think, each of us, that we’re much more rational than we are. And we think that we make our decisions because we have good reasons to make them. Even when it’s the other way around. We believe in the reasons, because we’ve already made the decision.” —Daniel Kahneman.
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Julian Assange: Capable, generous men
” Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture victims. ” —Julian Assange.
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Jennifer Garner: Baseball games are like soap operas
“I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked.” —Jennifer Garner.
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Simon Sinek: Authenticity
“Authenticity is more than speaking. Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are.“ —Simon Sinek.
