"While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud's work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently do not know our own motivations in life and are prisoners to what we cannot understand. We can recognize only a small fragment of our own, and an even smaller fragment of anyone else's, impetus."

-- Andrew Solomon

#Motivation Quotes #Writing Quotes #Humility Quotes

“... anything so delightful as Washington I have never seen elsewhere. There were a mingled simplicity and grandeur, a mingled state and quiet intimacy, a brilliancy of conversation--the proud prominence of intellect over material prosperity which does not exist in any other city of the Union.”
“Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.”
“Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.”
“Emotions are lovely. Even if they fall to the negative for a time. The sun will rise again another day. The sadness perhaps never forgotten, but a new day enjoyed in another way. A way that could not have been but for the sadnessâ€™s existence.”
“I don t wanna see old people on a rock & roll stage.”
“Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.”
“As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.”
“The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.”

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