"Mostly every one is needing some one to be one listening to that one being one being one boasting."

--

Gertrude Stein

#Listening Quotes #Attention Quotes #Boast Quotes

“When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.”
“The shapes we are creating are not abstract, they are absolute. They are released from any already existant thing in nature and their content lies in themselves.”

Source : Naum Gabo (2000). “Gabo on Gabo: Texts and Interviews”
“In short: if one has nothing of value to say, only that which is impure defilement, avoid them. They are masters of the dark. Of no use.”
“You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play.”

Source : "The Passion". Book by Jeanette Winterson, 1987.
“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.”
“The best way to accomplish serious design ... is to be totally and completely unqualified for the job.”
“My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.”

Source : David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.118, Broadway Books
“Knowledge, whatever the form, could be as effective as a weapon.”

Source : Maria V. Snyder (2008). “The Study Series Bundle: Poison Study\Assassin Study\Magic Study\Fire Study”, p.189, MIRA

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