"Human life [is] ... a process of filling in time until the arrival of death, or Santa Claus, with very little choice, if any, of what kind of business one is going to transact during the long wait."

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Source : 'Games People Play' (1964) ch. 18

Eric Berne

#Life Quotes #Long Quotes #Choices Quotes

“The greatness of common sense, and its title to reverence, appear in this, that it deals with vast complexity, that is, with the innumerable elements of a situation. Common sense discerns and judges a path through this knotted and tangled maze.”
“Remember, the word "discrimination" isn't always pejorative. When an employer discriminates because an older worker lacks certain kinds of skills that are important in the market today, then it's almost a legitimate form of discrimination because the employer is just trying to figure out who can actually get the job done.”
“But especially if you have the wrong people within your circle. Truthfully, at the end of the day, no one cares about you in this business whether they are your agent or your manager or your publicist.”
“We pray that henceforth not only Japan but all mankind may know the blessings of harmony and progress.”
“And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.”
“I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.”
“I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write.”

Source : Source: www.newyorker.com
“Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.”

Source : Artist Descending a Staircase (1972)

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