Eugene Mirman: “Some tips for life: 1.Don’t be afraid to follow your dreams, unless your dreams are stupid. 2.Be kind to people. 3.Don’t get too excited when you read the Fountainhead 4.In times of recession, it is time for invention. 5.Things can kill you, so keep that in mind, you fearless know it alls.”
George Santayana: “Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.”
Arthur Rubinstein: “Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
Eric A. Burns: “Greatness is more than potential. It is the execution of that potential. Beyond the raw talent. You need the appropriate training. You need the discipline. You need the inspiration. You need the drive.”
George S. Patton: “Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.”
Sara Zarr: “I think about how there are certain people who come into your life and leave a mark. The ones who are as much a part of you as your own soul. Their place in your heart is tender; a bruise of longing, a pulse of unfinished business. Just hearing their names pushes and pulls at you in a hundred ways, and when you try to define those hundred ways, describe them even to yourself, words are useless. If you had a lifetime to talk, there would still be things left unsaid.”
Michel de Montaigne: “Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.”
J. R. R. Tolkien: “Little by little, one travels far.”
Emily Dickinson: “Forever is composed of nows.”
Jacqueline Cochran: “I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand… Adventure is a state of mind – and spirit.”
Richard Feynman: “No problem is too small or too trivial if we can really do something about it.”
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