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“I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.”
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“I do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.”
Source : Gene Stratton-Porter (2006). “A Girl of the Limberlost”, p.221, Applewood Books
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“Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.”
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“To be shame-bound means that whenever you feel any feeling, need or drive, you immediately feel ashamed. The dynamic core of your human life is grounded in your feelings, needs and drives. When these are bound by shame, you are shamed to the core.”
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“It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not.”
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“When you start a company everything is going to feel like a mess. And it really should. If you have too much process, too much predictability, you are probably not innovating fast enough and creatively enough.”
Source : "Lecture 14: How to Operate" by Keith Rabois, genius.com. November 6, 2014.
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“Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.”
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“You are about to enter the realms of human beings. Be prepared for cruelty and kindness, for friendship and hatred. People are made of all possibilities and conditions.”
Source : Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.253, Scholastic Inc.