"There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it."

-- Alain de Botton

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Nervous Quotes

“The story of the Kelly system is a story of secrets - or if you prefer, a story of entropy.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.76, Macmillan
“Those who desire to remain intoxicated by Reality do not require artificial intoxicants. Indulging in false things will only increase falsity, for every direction is indeed infinite. Those who desire the truly genuine Thing proceed of themselves with great intensity so as to progress in their sadhana.”
“An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket.”
“Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer.”
“Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.”
“There are basically two approaches to solving the problem of terrorism. One is that you understand the mind of the terrorist in order to establish defenses against it. The other is that you kill all the terrorists and all the potential terrorists.”
“Germany has been born anew.”
“My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.”

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