Some guys can run fast, some guys can sing, I found I could take photographs that people were interested in. David Douglas Duncan Read Quote
My mum is, like, my biggest fan, and she’s the one who will basically do all the publicity for me back home… She’ll constantly be talking to me saying, ‘Dan, what’s going on? We’ve heard this. Tell us about it! Dad wants to know!’ And so I’ll give them as much information as I can, and Mom and Dad are both my biggest fans. Dan Feuerriegel Read Quote
Dropping the news to my parents that I was skipping my ‘dream education’ at Chalmers to sit at home recording videos while playing video games was not easy. PewDiePie Read Quote
As novices, we think we’re entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people. Rose Wilder Lane Read Quote
Alex Gross is an L.A. artist who has become a friend. His work is really compelling. Stana Katic Read Quote
Chew on this: Human teeth can detect a grain of sand or grit 10 microns in diameter. A micron is 1/25,000 of an inch. If you shrank a Coke can until it was the diameter of a human hair, the letter O in the product name would be about 10 microns across. Mary Roach Read Quote
I’ve felt real pain, and sometimes I channel the exhale coming out of that to write, and those are the songs that give me the most power and the most strength. Banks Read Quote
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other. Francois de La Rochefoucauld Read Quote
The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts. April Gornik Read Quote
I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change – mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the ways people choose to communicate. If I had a theme song, it would be that lovely song ‘I’m Old-Fashioned,’ as sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Julia Glass Read Quote
