"The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead."

-- Douglas Adams

#Advice Quotes #Quality Quotes #Offers Quotes

“Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.”
“The adventure is when people don't know what they're doing at all. Like, I think that the first pop band to use synthesizers as their main instrument and take it seriously was probably Silver Apples. And they sure didn't know what they were doing, and they sure don't sound like anything else.”
“As a doctor, let me tell you what self-love does: It improves your hearing, your eyesight, lowers your blood pressure, increases pulmonary function, cardiac output, and helps wiring the musculature. So, if we had a rampant epidemic of self-love then our healthcare costs would go down dramatically. So, this isn't just some little frou-frou new age notion, oh love yourself honey. This is hardcore science.”
“I was a scientist. I know where the joy lies. It is wonderful finding a like-minded scientist and delving deep into the language that can only be understood by the handful of experts seated in the front row of your big talk. But good lord, it can be bo-ho-horing to the rest of the world. Make no mistake.”
“I don't try to be funny. It's just that I feel the world is a little bit absurd and off-kilter and I'm sort of reporting.”

Source : Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 9, 2013.
“People complain that chefs aren't at their restaurants anymore, but I don't think that's the case at all. You see them on TV and you assume they're not working but they are.”
“But I make the observation that no one of us would do things exactly alike.”
“I've come to see our central nervous system as a kind of vintage switchboard, all thick foam wires and old-fashioned plugs. The circuitry isn't properly equipped; after a surplus of emotional information the system overloads, the circuit breaks, the board runs dark. That's what shock is.”

Source : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.14, Random House

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