"Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance."

-- Jean Anouilh

#Fake People Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Goodbyes are sad, no matter what the promise of tomorrow is.”
“Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.”
“When I was in grade school and we had to write papers about what we wanted to be when we grew up, I wanted to be a social worker or a missionary or a teacher. Then I got involved with tennis, and everything was just me, me, me. I was totally selfish and thought about myself and nobody else, because if you let up for one minute, someone was going to come along and beat you. I really wouldn't let anyone or any slice of happiness enter.... I didn't like the characteristics that it took to become a champion.”
“I'll take crazy over stupid any day.”
“If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.”
“After a while, a joke, if you say it too much, just becomes contrived, or fake-sounding.”
“I was two when we left Indiana, and I don't really remember it that well.”
“Every step in every proud life is a run from safety to the dark, and the only thing to trust is what we think is true.”

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