"I'm a minimalist. I see things in simple ways...It's human nature to define complexity as better. Well, it's not."

-- Gordon Willis

#Simple Quotes #Way Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres; but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw.”
“When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.”

Source : Neal Shusterman (2012). “Unwholly”, p.208, Simon and Schuster
“By the time I make my way to the border of Mauritania, to the edge of the Sahara, I see no end to being lost. You can spend your entire life simply falling in that direction. It isn't a station you reach but just the general state of going down. Once you make it back, if you make it back, you will stand before your long-lost friends but in some essential way they will no longer know you.”
“I came to the conclusion long ago that limits to innovation have less to do with technology or creativity than organizational agility. Inspired individuals can only do so much.”
“We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the U.S. has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.”
“Mr. Presley has no discernible singing ability.”
“it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.”

Source : Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.266, Wildside Press LLC
“It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What do you mean? Do you understand that's an insult?”

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