"Golf has probably kept more people sane than psychiatrists have."

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Source : Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake, Edwin Shrake (1997). “The Wisdom of Harvey Penick”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

Harvey Penick

#Golf Quotes #People Quotes #Psychiatrist Quotes

“One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.”

Source : "Six Rules for Effective Forecasting". "HBR IdeaCast" with Cathy Olofson, hbr.org.
“Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil.”
“Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Nov 22, 2015
“I'm here to tell you I do [have a baby bump]. I am not pregnant, but I have had three kids and there is a bump.”
“Children hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.”
“Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.”

Source : "On Self-Sufficiency". Book by Teles of Megara, fragment 2,
“There are some films that arrive here from the international festival circuit almost incandescent with self-importance. They hover into the cinema in a kind of floating trance at how challenging and moving they are. They are films with a profound reluctance to get over themselves. They look up at the sceptical observer with the saucer-eyed saintliness of a baby seal in culling season, or a charity mugger smilingly wishing a nice day on the retreating back of a passer-by. One such is Babel.”

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