Compulsions Quotes

We never think of ourselves as tied to

any specific technologies or skill sets.

We think of ourselves as tied to our customers.

The friendship That can cease has Never been real

I remember a specific moment,

watching my grandmother,

hang the clothes on the line,

and her saying to me,

you are going to have to learn to do this,

and me being in that space of awareness and knowing,

that my life would not be the same,

as my grandmother's life.

The less effort,

the faster and more powerful you will be.

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life.

In fact,

I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith

when by doing so it would be against his interests.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

If the stars should appear but one

night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.

Preachers in pulpits talked about

what a great message is in the book.

No matter what you do,

somebody always imputes meaning into your books.

Courage is the first of human qualities

because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Desire is the starting

point of all achievement,

not a hope, not a wish,

but a keen pulsating desire

which transcends everything.

I don’t need the world to believe in me;

I believe in myself.

You just can't beat the person

who never gives up

Success is not a good teacher,

failure makes you humble.

I’ve always been famous for doing my thing,

and I’m not about to stop.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

The finest day I ever had was when I found my voice.

I want my art to reflect truth.

Day 2 is stasis.

Followed by irrelevance.

Followed by excruciating,

painful decline.

Followed by death.

And that is why it is always Day 1.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight

it’s the size of the fight in the dog.