"[ Serialism ] is like a sailless ship, driven out to sea by its captain, who has grown tired of its being used only as a pontoon, and who is privately convinced that by subjecting life aboard to the rules of an elaborate protocol, he will prevent the crew from thinking nostalgically either of their home port or of their ultimate destination...."

-- Claude Levi-Strauss

#Tired Quotes #Home Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I ended up meeting my manager because my sister was a receptionist at a management company. My manager is actually my same manager that I have today. That's how it started. I worked my way.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.”
“People who laugh together generally don't kill each other.”
“Sex? Unfortunately, as you get older - and I shouldn't admit this - there are other things that become more important in your daily life.”
“Counting is the religion of this generation it is its hope and its salvation.”
“A diner having a row with a waiter in a swanky restaurant chills the blood in a way that a quarrel over a pizza order elsewhere would never do. Compassion is rarely the custom of the privileged.”

Source : "Confessions of a Conjuror". Book by Derren Brown, 2009.
“Pause and remember - Slow and steady will get you where you want to go. If you put too much pressure on yourself for results too quickly, you will quickly give up.”
“I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.”

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