Author: LINUS FERNANDES
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Walter Isaacson: Be interested in everything
“For me, Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci have the same life lesson, which is: be interested in everything…. If you can be interested in everything, if you can be cross-disciplinary, then you can see the patterns of our cosmos, and how we connect to them. And that’s the magic of Ben Franklin, but even…
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Charlie Munger: Worldly wisdom
“Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group … then to hell with them.” —– Charlie Munger.
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Anil Kapoor: Feel-good film
“If you make a feelgood film which is complete candyfloss, where everybody is good and everything is beautiful and hunky dory, it won’t appeal to the audience.” —Anil Kapoor.
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Saint Ignatius: Bodily exercise
“Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.” —Saint Ignatius.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan: No meaning
“Sir, an equation has no meaning for me unless it expresses a thought of GOD.” —Srinivasa Ramanujan.
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Harry Shearer: Absolute
“If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?” —Harry Shearer.
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N K Jemisin: Fear
“Some people react to fear by seeking security, change, control. The rest accept the change and just go on about their lives.” —N.K. Jemisin,writer.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Be on our own
“We must be our own before we can be another’s.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Rebecca West: Doormat
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” —Rebecca West, author and journalist (21 Dec 1892-1983).
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Eric Hoffer: Species of vigor
“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something…
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Jane Fonda: Feminism
“Feminism is not just about women; it’s about letting all people lead fuller lives.” —Jane Fonda.
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Robert Brault: Friends will adjust
“Do what you must, And your friends will adjust.” -Robert Brault.
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Anthony Bourdain: Non-American
“No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.” —Anthony Bourdain, chef and television personality.
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Jane Fonda: Repetition
“We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.” —Jane Fonda.
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Edwin Abbott Abbott: Divided in opinion
“Men are divided in opinion as to the facts. And even granting the facts, they explain them in different ways.” —Edwin Abbott Abbott, schoolmaster and theologian (20 Dec 1838-1926).
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Kareem Abdul-Jaffar: Willingness to sacrifice
“The good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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George Bernard Shaw: The truth
“The truth is the one thing that nobody will believe.” —George Bernard Shaw.
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Bill Walsh: Proofreaders
“Machines aren’t replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper.” —Bill Walsh.
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Bill Walsh: Writing headlines
“Writing headlines is a specialty – there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn’t write a headline to save their lives.” —Bill Walsh.
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Titus Livius: Circumstances and plans
“Men’s plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans.” —Titus Livius, historian.
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Charles Dickens: My business
“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!” —Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870) [in A Christmas Carol, published on…
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Simon Sinek: Incentives
“When the incentives offered prioritize growth over stability, we successfully build large, unstable organizations.” —Simon Sinek.
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Riteish Deshmukh: Beauty of a relationship
“The beauty of a relationship is when you get used to a person; it is not sudden. It is just a process, and you don’t realise when love happens.” —Riteish Deshmukh.
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Brad Pitt: Beast
“Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.” —Brad Pitt.
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Jean Paul Sartre: Authentic
“If you seek authenticity for authenticity’s sake you are no longer authentic.” -Jean Paul Sartre.
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Heinz Wolff: Eyewash
“The only real form of pollution is people. Any ecological system which does not include the reduction or stopping of growth of the population is eyewash.” —Heinz Wolff.
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Virtue
“Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.” —Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Sylvia Plath: I am. I am. I am.
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” -Sylvia Plath.
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Billy Gibbons: Barking up the wrong tree
“Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you’re barking up the wrong tree.” —Billy Gibbons.
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Simon Sinek: Say out loud
“When we say out loud what we don’t know, it increases the likelihood that someone who does know will offer help.” —Simon Sinek.
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Don Johnson: Famously infamous
“Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.” —Don Johnson.
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Margaret Chase Smith: Basic principles of Americanism
“Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism: The right to criticize; The right to hold unpopular beliefs; The right to protest; The right of independent thought.” —Margaret Chase Smith,…
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Simon Sinek: Good friends
“Good friends make us better people. They cheer us on when we hit bottom and keep us humble when we reach the top.” —Simon Sinek.
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Angelina Jolie: A way of your own
“Some people say you are going the wrong way, when it’s simply a way of your own.” -Angelina Jolie
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Simon Sinek: Curiosity
“Curiosity is essential for progress. Only when we look to worlds beyond our own can we really know if there’s room for improvement.” —Simon Sinek.
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Gustave Flaubert: Splendid
“It’s splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your imagination and make them pop like chestnuts.” —Gustave Flaubert, novelist (12 Dec 1821-1880).
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Taylor Swift: Red
“Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it’s on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you’ve got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.” —Taylor Swift.
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Taylor Swift: Can’t even be considered
“If you cry over a guy, then your friends can’t date him. It can’t even be considered.” —Taylor Swift.
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Simon Sinek: Right experience versus right person
“Weak companies hire the right experience to do the job. Strong companies hire the right person to join their team.” —Simon Sinek.
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Kurt Cobain: Wanting to be someone else
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” -Kurt Cobain.
