A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
ERIC HOFFERMore Bob Jones, Sr. Quotes
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
You’re a beautiful enigma and warmed in charming wit.
GEMMA IVERSEN -
We must substitute courage for caution.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR -
It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
NOAM CHOMSKY -
It’s a pretty crazy thing in which I tried to make songs, real songs, not the quick stuff like on tape. A dose of Kendrick Lamar, a dose of J. Cole, because it’s got to be an album that goes in the club.
YOUNG THUG -
Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don’t let them drag you into the mud.
RICHARD BRANSON -
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU -
My fans are the best. I mean if there was a war, I think they’d definitely win just because they’d kill them with kindness.
KATY PERRY -
Since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter.
ALBERT CAMUS -
I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
AHMED BEN BELLA -
Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.
AGNES SMEDLEY -
In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.
BOBBY RAHAL -
If I started thinking too much about how influential I’ve been, then I’d be more of a turd than I already am.
IGGY POP -
I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, ‘Let’s talk about something that matters’.
ZACHARY QUINTO -
The future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM