Christopher Poole Quotes
When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.Christopher Poole
Quotes to Explore
-
My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
T-Pain -
Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
Kat Graham -
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo -
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
Mahatma Gandhi
-
I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
Ram Kapoor -
I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
Nate Berkus -
I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
Barbara Sukowa -
In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
Tadao Ando -
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
Ted Turner -
One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
Barbara Demick
-
It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
Manuel Puig -
Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough to be invited to participate with our occasional contributions.
Walter Cronkite -
If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.
Frances Mayes -
Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
Pablo Sandoval -
I love doing every role I do!
Malcolm McDowell -
The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.
C. V. Raman
-
Crazy frustration, about my lovin situation; When patience was a virtue...but I wasn't used to waitin.
Tariq Trotter -
It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
Randy West -
There is no time and space in the digital world. People chat and collaborate through social networks. Cultural icons garner millions of fans online in locations they have often never been themselves. The boundary between public and private life is now everyone's business.
Eduardo Paes -
I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
Viggo Mortensen -
When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.
Christopher Poole