G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes

Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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• I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • People
  • Love
  • Age

• In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.

  

  Orson Welles
  • America
  • Man
  • Bond

• If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.

  

  Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Remember
  • Man
  • White

• The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Always
  • Priority
  • Hockey

• If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • Men
  • Society
  • Freedom

• Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.

  

  Maelle Gavet
  • People
  • Internet
  • Shopping

• If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Up
  • Work
  • Important

• You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Good
  • Know
  • Size

• Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Dad
  • Read
  • Minutes

• Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Important
  • Transportation

• You can observe a lot by watching.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • You
  • Wisdom
  • Watching

• While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Man
  • Yourself
  • Advocate

• Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Good
  • Write
  • Page

• There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.

  

  Carl Hagelin
  • Important
  • Game
  • Best

• I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • Character
  • Hurt
  • Villain

• There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Great
  • Sports
  • Win

• Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.

  

  Natalia Makarova
  • Today
  • Simple
  • Perfection

• I did not capture power. I was made to assume power.

  

  Ziaur Rahman
  • Power

• The Italians live well. They have problems, like all countries, but they are well-dressed, the women are pretty.

  

  Francois Pinault
  • Women
  • Live
  • Pretty

• Oh, God, give me grace for this day. Not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor for tomorrow, just for this day. Direct my thoughts and bless them Direct my work and bless it. Direct the things I say and give them blessing, too. Direct and bless everything that I think and speak and do. So that for this one day, just this one day, I have the gift of grace that comes from your presence. . . .

  

  Marjorie Holmes
  • Work
  • God
  • Thoughts

• I've been married 34 years. I have not been a perfect man. I have made mistakes in my life.

  

  Gary Condit
  • Life
  • Perfect
  • Mistakes

• All media of communications are cliches serving to enlarge man's scope of action, his patterns of associations and awareness. These media create environments that numb our powers of attention by sheer pervasiveness.

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • Action
  • Attention

• Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

  

  G. I. Gurdjieff
  • Life
  • God
  • Mercy