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Colin Powell: ‘You’d mention it’
“Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they’re being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I’m black. I tell them, ‘Don’t stop now. If I shot somebody you’d mention it.’” —Colin Powell.
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Andrei Tarkovsky: World is not perfect
“An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn’t exist, for the artist doesn’t live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn’t look for harmony but would simply…
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Charles Petzold: Owning a computer
“Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.” —Charles Petzold.
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Edward Everett Hale: Wise anger
“Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.” —Edward Everett Hale.
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Travis View: Commenting on the internet
“It was always assumed that if you were commenting on the internet, your handle was not your real name.” —Logan Strain aka Travis View.
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Kenneth Tynan: At what point does conformity become corruption?
“How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself.” —-Kenneth Tynan.
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Emile Zola: Poet and craftsman
“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.” —Emile Zola.
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Simon Sinek: Generosity
“Generosity is doing something for someone else and expecting nothing in return.” —Simon Sinek.
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Anne McCaffrey: Make no judgments
“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” —Anne McCaffrey.
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Otto von Bismarck: Write diplomatically
“Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.” —Otto von Bismarck.
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Cesar Chavez: Vegetarian
“I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.” —Cesar Chavez.
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Christopher Walken: Public image
“You know, there’s nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you’re doing, yourself, if you figure you’re doing the right thing.” —Christopher Walken.
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Simon Sinek: Happiness and fulfillment
“Happiness comes from WHAT we do. Fulfillment comes from WHY we do it.” —Simon Sinek.
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Sean O’Casey: Temper
“It’s my rule never to lose my temper till it would be detrimental to keep it.” —-Sean O’Casey.
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Vincent Van Gogh: Love many things
“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” —Vincent Van Gogh.
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Simon Sinek: Sharing takes courage
“Selfish is easy. It’s sharing that takes courage.” —Simon Sinek.
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Eric Idle: Amount of comedy permitted
“At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This…
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Christopher Lambert: Respect that luck
“If you’re lucky enough to be raised in a rich family, good. But learn how to respect that luck. It’s not a given, you know? It’s not like, ‘Well, it’s normal’. No, it’s not normal. It’s lucky.” —Christopher Lambert.
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Saint Teresa of Avila: Act of love
“Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.” —Saint Teresa of Avila.
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Mariah Carey: Never, never listen to anybody
“Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.” —Mariah Carey.
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Simon Sinek: Fire in the belly
“What good is having a belly if there’s no fire in it. Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.” —Simon Sinek.
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Henri Delacroix: In terms of his language
“An individual’s experience is built entirely in terms of his language.”—Henri Delacroix.
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Sterling Hayden: Brainwashed
“We are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of…
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Keira Knightley: You can’t fake warmth
“I don’t think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don’t think you can fake it.” —Keira Knightley.
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Simon Sinek: Do more
“Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more.” —Simon Sinek.
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Gloria Steinem: Law and justice
“Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.” —Gloria Steinem.
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Sarah Jessica Parker: So many roads
“So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes.” —Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Simon Sinek: Surround yourself with those who do
“Avoid those who don’t and surround yourself with those who do.” —Simon Sinek.
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William Morris: Foundation of refinement
“Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.” — -William Morris.
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Wernher von Braun: Overwhelming paperwork
“We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.” —-Wernher von Braun.
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Ron Jaworski: You learn by mistakes
“You learn by mistakes. When you make those mistakes, you try not to make them the third time or the second time. You learn from them. Sometimes you learn the hard way. In football, if I held on to the ball too long, I got my butt kicked. You better make that decision quicker.” —Ron…
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Louis L’Amour: Miles covered
“Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen.” —-Louis L’Amour.
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Marcel Marceau: Music provides power
“Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it’s music, not words, that provides power.” —Marcel Marceau.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Industrious
“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.” —Johann Sebastian Bach.
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William Hurt: Heroes
“Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.” —William Hurt.
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Simon Sinek: Optimism
“The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better is what drives the human race forward.” —Simon Sinek.
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Earl Warren: Subversion of liberties
“It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.” —Earl Warren.
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Anonymous: Only three things matter
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” ― Anonymous
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Bruce Willis: Big love of your life
“When you think about where are you going to find that big love of your life, you seldom think it’s someone you already know. You think it’s someone you’re yet to meet.” —Bruce Willis.
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Simon Sinek: Responsibiliy
“For an employee to take responsibility, they must first be given it.” —Simon Sinek.
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John Updike: Brutal facts of being a carnivore
“I’m somewhat shy about the brutal facts of being a carnivore. I don’t like meat to look like animals. I prefer it in the form of sausages, hamburger and meat loaf, far removed from the living thing.” —John Updike.
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John Updike: Dare to go it alone
“Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.” —John Updike.
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Simon Sinek: Constant education
“Leadership is not an expertise. Leadership is a constant education.” —Simon Sinek.
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Bayard Rustin: Dignity
“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” —Bayard Rustin.
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Marilyn Monroe: Running away from myself
“I’ve spent most of my life running away from myself.” —Marilyn Monroe.
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Chester Bennington: Alone in a world, with millions of souls
“Alone in a world, with millions of souls, Walking in circles, Trapped in their dreams, Unhealthy,unclean walking in circles, Now do not disturb, Scream in silence, Everyone’s sleeping. —Chester Bennington.
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Kurt Cobain: If my eyes could show my soul
“If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.” —Kurt Cobain.
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Mac Miller: With a smile
“No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile Pursuit to be happy, only laughing like a child I never thought life would be this sweet It got me cheesin’ from cheek to cheek.” —Mac Miller.
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Anthony Bourdain: No final resting place of the mind
“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom…is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.” —Anthony Bourdain.
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Chris Farley: Life on life’s terms
“I used to think that you could get to a level of success where the laws of the universe didn’t apply. But they do. It’s still life on life’s terms, not on movie-star terms. I still have to work at relationships. I still have to work on my weight and some of my other demons.…
