Tim Ferriss Quotes

Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"

Tim Ferriss

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• Learn from your dreams what you lack.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Learn
  • Dreams
  • Your Dreams

• When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That's the course I took with all three of my cancers.

  

  Hamilton Jordan
  • Serious
  • Choices
  • Learn

• Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Writing
  • Learn
  • Start

• The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Time
  • Long
  • Day

• It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.

  

  Karen Thompson Walker
  • Pretty
  • Me
  • Learn

• Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.

  

  Indra Devi
  • Men
  • Spiritual
  • Learn

• I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.

  

  Maggie Grace
  • Education
  • Learning
  • Always

• Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

  

  E. V. Lucas
  • People
  • Country
  • Learn

• L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • Nice
  • Hand
  • Learn

• If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.

  

  Randy West
  • Real
  • Game
  • Career

• I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.

  

  Laura Dekker
  • World
  • Live
  • Learn

• It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Learn
  • Mistakes
  • Tough

• Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • Learning
  • Learn
  • Habit

• At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Important
  • Country
  • Book

• Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Power
  • Bad
  • Learn

• I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • People
  • Learn
  • Psychology

• Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.

  

  Samuel Dash
  • Learn
  • Opportunities
  • Saying

• Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.

  

  Samantha Morton
  • Life
  • Learn
  • My Life

• Sometimes something intrigues me about particular sounds, how they work together, and I think "Okay, I've found something here; I'm going to take it somewhere." And sometimes just to find a name for that sound, whatever it is, ends up becoming a title of the piece or becoming part of the title.

  

  Brian Eno Roxy Music
  • Sounds
  • Title
  • Work Together

• If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.

  

  Mikhail Baryshnikov
  • Way
  • Dance
  • Hopefully

• Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Moments
  • Genius
  • Potential

• Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • World
  • Great
  • Women

• Let's not underrate cannabis, for cryin' out loud. Cannabis should be the glue of the community.

  

  Terence McKenna
  • Community
  • Should
  • Loud

• Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"

  

  Tim Ferriss
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