Economy of words

"The writer must be in it; he can’t be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His..."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:27:41 -0400

“The writer must be in it; he can’t be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing himself, always.”

- Arthur Miller (via liquidlightandrunningtrees)

"For those of you who are wondering if you can have it all. The answer is yes, but there’s a catch...."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:32:40 -0400

“For those of you who are wondering if you can have it all. The answer is yes, but there’s a catch. The arc of life is long, so don’t expect to have it all at the same time.”

- Valerie Jarrett: Be Flexible. Be Resilient. (via khuyi)

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(via dpstyles)

"Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable."

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:49:10 -0400

“Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.”

- Janelle Monáe (thx Matt)

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:47:07 -0400

“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

- Saint Augustine

"A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere."

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:37:29 -0400

“A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.”

- Charles F. Kettering, via qotd.org

"The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become."

Fri, 03 May 2013 20:00:20 -0400

“The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become.”

- May Sarton

"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:53:41 -0400

“The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”

- Ernest Hemingway (via nickcrocker)

"The people we tend to admire most are the ones who live their lives without apology. We use names..."

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:21:45 -0400

“The people we tend to admire most are the ones who live their lives without apology. We use names like maverick, hero or genius to describe them - never allowing for the possibility that we might become one of them.”

- No Regrets blog post from Ann Mehl (via oats)

"Creativity without constraint is chaos."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:18:45 -0400

“Creativity without constraint is chaos.”

“It’s kind of like the mid 70s early 80s of a...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:41:01 -0400

“It’s kind of like the mid 70s early 80s of a different universe and dimension, not of this one.” - Pharrell Williams

"All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why."

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:44:12 -0400

““All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.””

- James Thurber (via psychotherapy)

"Hurt people hurt people. That’s how pain patterns gets passed on, generation after generation after..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:25:05 -0400

“Hurt people hurt people. That’s how pain patterns gets passed on, generation after generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion, cruelty with kindness. Greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault. Love is the weapon of the future.”

- Yehuda Berg (via liquidlightandrunningtrees)

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:03:40 -0400

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

- Leonardo da Vinci

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:00:05 -0400

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”

- Peter Drucker (via rianvdm)

"The workers are going home. My name is Jonas."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:21:34 -0400

“The workers are going home. My name is Jonas.”

- Weezer

idancohen: at Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:07:36 -0400

idancohen:

at Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

“Beauty is the promise of function.” - Horatio Greenough.

"In reading, I continue to look for one thing - to be influenced, to learn something new, to be..."

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:02:53 -0400

“In reading, I continue to look for one thing - to be influenced, to learn something new, to be thrown off my course and onto another, better way.”

- Mark Edmundson, Who Are You And What Are You Doing Here?

"I can’t stress this enough: Do what you love…in between work commitments, and family commitments,..."

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:07:35 -0400

“I can’t stress this enough: Do what you love…in between work commitments, and family commitments, and commitments that tend to pop up and take immediate precedence over doing the thing you love. Because the bottom line is that life is short, and you owe it to yourself to spend the majority of it giving yourself wholly and completely to something you absolutely hate, and 20 minutes here and there doing what you feel you were put on this earth to do.”

- Find The Thing You’re Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life (via zachklein)

"Capitalism means male baldness research gets more funding than malaria."

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:37:50 -0400

“Capitalism means male baldness research gets more funding than malaria.”

- Bill Gates, via Kanyi Maqubela. (via zachklein)

"Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:21:17 -0400

“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.”

- Mae West (via liquidlightandrunningtrees)