Emil Cioran Quotes

A man does not kill himself, as is commonly supposed, in a fit of madness but rather in a fit of unendurable lucidity, in a paroxysm which may, if so desired, be identified with madness; for an excessive perspicacity, carried to the limit and of which one longs to be rid at all costs, exceeds the context of reason.

Emil Cioran

• May

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• I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Life
  • Up
  • Art

• One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • Things
  • Big
  • Activity

• I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Up
  • Different
  • Song

• Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Fail
  • Could
  • Expense

• I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.

  

  Raekwon
  • World
  • Writing
  • Trying

• I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.

  

  Landon Liboiron
  • Man
  • Hate
  • Purpose

• The job as a coach is difficult.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  • Job
  • Difficult
  • Coach

• Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.

  

  Ed Asner
  • College
  • Thought
  • Acting

• If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.

  

  Sam Neill
  • America
  • Want
  • Learn

• The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Nice
  • Woman
  • Child

• Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Singing

• Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • End
  • Aim
  • Noble

• Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.

  

  Eddie Bracken
  • Time
  • Work
  • Fun

• I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • People
  • Think
  • House

• Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.

  

  Harold Taylor
  • Time
  • Important
  • Ahead

• I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Women
  • Think
  • Myself

• The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Power
  • Need
  • Slavery

• 'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they wanted to believe they could go on private jets and be hanging out in Hollywood, but as a show, comedically, it was not funny. Not a funny show. It's funny, ironically, because of how terrible it is.

  

  Adam Pally
  • People
  • Believe
  • Funny

• The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.

  

  George Muller
  • Heart
  • Hand

• I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.

  

  Carol Kane
  • Good
  • Work

• If I read a script in the future that I feel like I could have a little fun with or that reflects me well, it may be one of those things that I try out. But, of course, music's my number one priority.

  

  Brantley Gilbert
  • Music
  • May
  • Fun

• These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.

  

  Frank B. Kellogg
  • May
  • Peace
  • Opinion

• If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

  

  Donald Rumsfeld
  • May

• A man does not kill himself, as is commonly supposed, in a fit of madness but rather in a fit of unendurable lucidity, in a paroxysm which may, if so desired, be identified with madness; for an excessive perspicacity, carried to the limit and of which one longs to be rid at all costs, exceeds the context of reason.

  

  Emil Cioran
  • May