"Incuriosity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is."

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Source : Stephen Fry (2012). “The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography”, p.54, The Overlook Press

Stephen Fry

#Failing Quotes #Foolish Quotes

“My mother was a secretary that elevated herself to having her own international company, my father elevated himself to an NBA player and perennial all-star. So I learned from my parents that it's about hard work, about both of them getting their education, putting people first and leading a life of integrity.”
“I always find live shows on film kind of boring. Even my favorite ones, I kinda zone out for most of it. It's just so different seeing a band in the flesh and then watching a film of it, even if you have a hundred cameras and it's shot from every angle. There's just a communal, visceral thing that never translates very well.”
“Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.”
“I think that if everyone did at least embrace a more plant-centered diet, it would improve public health.”
“It is not that love is blind. It is that love sees with a painter's eye, finding the essence that renders all else background.”
“Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most of the fish are smaller than the pencils we use to count them.”
“Only great and general battles can produce great results”
“I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.”

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