"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me."

-- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

#Sarcastic Quotes #Art Quotes #Truth Quotes

“An expert is the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most.”

Source : Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.26, Penguin
“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.”
“Jubilee 2000 is a broad coalition which has moved the earth.”
“Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out”
“What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.”
“I have never had a NY resolution. While you wait each year to make a resolution you never commit to, I get it done everyday.”
“Global warming is already acting upon us with an accelerated feedback and compounded effect that may be irreversible! We do not have eons or centuries or many decades. Most of us alive today may not even have the luxury of saying 'AprÃ¨s moi, le dÃ©luge' because we will be around to experience it ourselves. And if you think it will be 'interesting' or 'exciting,' ask the tsunami survivors if that's how they felt. This time the plutocratic drive to 'accumulate, accumulate, accumulate' may take all of us down, once and forever.”
“At a certain point, I started playing improvised music. After a couple of years of this, I did a little bit of analysis and found most improvised music the kind I was listening to at least, which was mainly European to be as, if not more, formulaic than any other kind of music. For example, improvised pieces would often begin and end in the same way.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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