"People spend all their time focused on things they can't control. In truth, there are only two things you can control: your attitude and your work ethic."

-- John Addison

#Attitude Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes

“The face of tyranny Is always mild at first.”
“I'm married, and my wife has set out very limited Xbox limits. But if I had my druthers, I'd be playing all the time and never see any of my friends or do any work.”

Source : "Paul Scheer Makes Comic Book Debut With Aliens Vs. Parker". Interview with Joey Esposito, www.ign.com. March 11, 2013.
“When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.”
“The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the avant-garde, is that while the art world has effectively freed itself from the tyranny of artistic tradition and its historic patronage system, it has ended up inhabiting an autonomous but perceived irrelevance.”
“The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.”
“If you have Palestinians who have no hope, who don't have a job, who've used up all their resources, the notion of getting rid of violence is a dream.”
“My pictures are made up of four or five colors that collide with one anotherâ€¦”
“There is simply too much to be done for us all to go round 'enjoying ourselves.' When the world is perfect, then we can all sit down and eat jelly beans, but for now the fact that things are going well for you just means that you are in a position to alleviate someone else's suffering for a while.”

Source : Jon Richardson (2011). “It’s Not Me, It’s You!: Impossible perfectionist, 27, seeks very very very tidy woman”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

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