George Gurdjieff Quotes

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

George Gurdjieff

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• I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.

  

  AJ McLean
  • People
  • Trying
  • Eye

• Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.

  

  Victoria Billings
  • Fine
  • Twins
  • Togetherness

• As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Time
  • Culture
  • Decision

• My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Done
  • Die
  • Myself

• Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Home
  • Chance
  • Inspiration

• Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Myself
  • Look
  • Year

• I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Believe
  • Children
  • American

• Latinos are learning English. That doesn't mean that they should sacrifice their original language or that they should give up this in-betweeness that is Spanglish.

  

  Ilan Stavans
  • Up
  • Learning
  • Mean

• Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.

  

  Lane Evans
  • Energy
  • Air
  • Growth

• You can write the best book you can, and that might still not be enough. Appeal isn't something that most writers can't strive for or identify. It's something even the best agents and editors can't always identify.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Book
  • Best
  • Always

• On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Space
  • Two
  • Test

• In 1993, 89 of the 'Fortune' top 100 companies were administering the Myers-Briggs test to their employees. The philosophy behind personality tests is that they don't want you to be in the wrong kind of job. The tests have been completely exposed as nonsense.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Job
  • Personality
  • Philosophy

• It was a double jolt for me. The jolt of seeing my father slowly die, the jolt of knowing that I was diabetic and could meet the same fate if I didn't take care of myself.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Father
  • Die
  • Myself

• There are always signs that a reign is ending, and they are usually spotted not in the king himself but in his court. In the inner circle, latent jealousies between advisers spill into open conflict, as they angrily debate who is to blame for the calamity, chewing over each other's past errors and pointing the finger at old and nascent enemies.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Past
  • King
  • Conflict

• It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • God
  • Sin
  • Grace

• I have fought all over the world, and I am excited to be in 'EA Sports MMA' because this game is going to show the global appeal of mixed martial arts.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Game
  • Sports
  • Arts

• My least favorite thing about New York is probably the traffic. I hate it. The people are such aggressive drivers here, they're horrible.

  

  Jack Reynor
  • People
  • Hate
  • New York

• I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • People
  • Book
  • Reading

• If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at first; but when once objectified in a crude shape, I can torture and poke and scrape and pat it till it offends me no more.

  

  William James
  • Style
  • Firsts
  • Torture

• I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.

  

  Caroline Kennedy
  • Happy
  • Parents
  • Grandparents

• Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.

  

  Sidney Hook
  • Knowledge
  • Wisdom
  • Values

• To Catholic, Orthodox, and some Protestant Christians, communion involves partaking of the physical real presence of God in the bread and wine of the Eucharist. By contrast, the Torah draws the Jew into engagement with God's infinite mind. Torah learning is the definitive Jewish mode of communion with God.

  

  Meir Soloveichik
  • God
  • Mind
  • Real

• Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

  

  George Gurdjieff