"Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master."

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Skills Quotes #Decision Quotes #Fool Quotes

“Jet-skiing is my favorite water sport.”
“Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. Wars are no longer waged by the will of superior men, capable of judging dispassionately and intelligently the causes behind them and the effects flowing out of them. The are now begun by first throwing a mob into a panic; they are ended only when it has spent its ferine fury.”
“It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.”
“What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking.”

Source : Song: Go Long, Album: Have One on Me, 2010
“That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward.”
“Pierrot le Fou is something I keep coming back to. Its so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within narratives are a landscape that can be pursued well.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.”
“I could be a vegan in sackcloth and flip-flops, but I find fabulous boots with periwinkle cuffs a far preferable option.”

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