John Henry Patterson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.
Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard for them to be convincing.
Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.
Words are easy. It's convincing the heart that's hard.
If you're happy inside you don't have to convince everyone else.
Itâ€™s mostly just you have to convince yourself that thereâ€™s nothing else in the room but John Lennon and suddenly things start John Lennon-ing!
There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.

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