Tim Ferriss Quotes
Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"
Quotes to Explore
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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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.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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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.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
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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.
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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.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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I had no idea what modeling entailed and what an agency was. It was crazy. As I continued to do it, it was fun for me to learn everything from A to Z.
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There's not enough good things in the world.
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I love science fiction.
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I played a lot of keyboards, but I really wanted to produce the sound that was in my head that I was trying to emulate on the keys. I wanted to do it for real. And it makes me look at the keys in a different way. So it's like I'm looking at the guitar and bass more like meat and potatoes and keys like coloring over top of it, you know.
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Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"
