"The mystery of life--its inexplicability, beauty, cruelty, tenderness, folly . . . has occupied the greater part of my waking thoughts; and in reverence or rage or irony, as the moment or situation might dictate, I have pondered and even demanded of cosmic energy to know Why."

-- Theodore Dreiser

#Might Quotes #Waking Quotes #Energy Quotes

“If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.”
“I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.”
“You need to know what makes artists tick. Having been through the process myself as a musician, since I was an early teen, gave me an advantage - understanding them from their point of view, because it's about them, it's not about you - it's their vision and what they're capable of achieving, and you're the conduit.”

Source : "Interview With Tommy Mottola, Music Industry Legend and Author of Hitmaker". Interview with Teddy Wayne, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.
“The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone.”
“Life is to blame for everything.”

Source : Robert Musil (2012). “Posthumous Papers of a Living Author”, p.45, Archipelago
“The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned.”
“I'm drawn to more than I'm allowed to do or asked to do, or probably should do. My whole career has been comedy, of a kind. I guess I've always existed in that world.”
“When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.”

Source : "'John Carter' star wants to be scared by career choices". www.ctvnews.ca. March 31, 2012.

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