Bo Burnham on selfless
Bo Burnham61 quotes“You love the people that give you money and attention? Of course you do, that’s not selfless that you love your fans, that’s ridiculous.”
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Possible things aren’t worth much, it’s those crazy impossible things that keep us passionate and alive.
Bob BeaudineBob Beaudine In the distance, Bo saw a fairy. A fairy so beautiful that he felt proud of being called one in highschool.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Critics have said I write without spontaneity, in cold blood. I don’t. I write in hot blood.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I never said I was funny, OK, so stop staring at me.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Drugs kill, just like cancer. So don’t smoke… tumors.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I’m not a grown up until everybody realises I’m a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I’d really love to make something that doesn’t involve my stupid face.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham I get more ass than a giant donkey stable.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham At the time of ‘Words, Words, Words,’ I’m a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he’s entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks of the world, so that’s inherently a little bit ridiculous.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
Bo BurnhamBo Burnham There are a shitload of songs about being in love with someone who doesn’t love you back and I talk about weed and my cat and being lazy a lot.
Bethany CosentinoBethany Cosentino True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot
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Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
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More on selfless
To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless.
Benjamin StoneBenjamin Stone I don’t believe all rich people are selfless philanthropists.
Bernard GoldbergBernard Goldberg It was a kind love, a selfless love. I was a dreamer, and you were a traveler. We met at the crossroads. I saw love in your smile, and I recognized it for the first time in my life. But you had a plane to catch, and I was already home.
Lang LeavLang Leav The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).
Ajahn BrahmAjahn Brahm Every day, do something selfless for someone else that takes under five minutes.
Adam RifkinAdam Rifkin COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna
