G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.G. I. Gurdjieff
Quotes to Explore
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
Madeline Kahn -
Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
Viktor E. Frankl -
Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.
Mae West -
All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
Caitlin Doughty -
Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.
Hampton Sides -
The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
Paolo Bacigalupi
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
Tamsin Egerton -
Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
Adam McKay -
We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
Randeep Hooda -
It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
Eden Hazard -
I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
Kate Winslet -
Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
Vikas Swarup
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
Karen Allen -
It will appear evident upon attentive consideration that equality of intellectual and physical advantages is the only sure foundation of liberty, and that such equality may best, and perhaps only, be obtained by a union of interests and cooperation in labor.
Frances Wright -
I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
Natalie Portman -
I had no ambition to go to America and be in a TV show. It's not like I've rejected something or decided that I've found something better. Your life just takes you off in strange and different directions.
Damian Lewis -
Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
E. O. Wilson -
I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them.
Nancy Werlin
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I think Michael O'Donoghue felt he'd said what he wanted to say. In fact, nobody thought we could spin it out long enough to make a book.
P. J. O'Rourke -
God answers prayer on the ground of Redemption and on no other ground.
Oswald Chambers -
Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.
Patrick Ness -
A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life.
William Barclay -
Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you're capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.
Mia Hamm -
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
G. I. Gurdjieff