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“It makes me think—what am I going to be like when I'm 65?”
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“One hour per day of study in your chosen field is all it takes. One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do.”
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“There is no act too small, no act too bold. The history of social change is the history of millions of actions, small and large, coming together at critical points to create a power that governments cannot suppress.”
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“It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely that many people will stop having children. By contrast, it is quite likely that my views either will be ignored or will be dismissed. As this response will account for a great deal of suffering between now and the demise of humanity, it cannot plausibly be thought of as philanthropic. That is not to say that it is motivated by any malice towards humans, but it does result from a self-deceptive indifference to the harm of coming into existence.”
Source : David Benatar (2008). “Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence”, p.4, Oxford University Press
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“Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment, learn inner independence, learn to trust that time will sort the good from the bad– including your own bad.”
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“Concentrate on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.”
Source : Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom, Robert C. Larson (1988). “The best of Ted Engstrom on personal excellence and leadership”, Here's Life Pub
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“We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free.”
Source : Television and the Public Interest, delivered 9 May 1961, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC
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“How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris”
