Colin Fletcher Quotes

Life should be an unfinished business.

Colin Fletcher

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• The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.

  

  Dan Pink
  • World
  • Good
  • Why

• I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I disagree. You need to write a lot in order to figure out what's good and what's crap.

  

  Nathaniel Rich
  • People
  • Good
  • Words

• I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Believe
  • Past
  • Legacy

• In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Just
  • Other
  • Speculation

• Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

  

  Pat Barker
  • World
  • War
  • First

• People are patronizing the theatres with renewed enthusiasm - there is an entire picnic-like attitude when families go out to see movies, which is a very good sign. They want to see larger-than-life characters on the big screen and not just watch movies on television or on DVDs.

  

  Salman Khan
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Think
  • Brother
  • Think Big

• We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Life
  • Human
  • Abundance

• I like to discover new things.

  

  Olivier Megaton
  • Like
  • New
  • New Things

• Celine Dion is my major inspiration.

  

  Jackie Evancho
  • Inspiration
  • Major
  • Celine Dion

• Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Great
  • Nature
  • Failure

• My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Great
  • Heaven
  • Idea

• If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Film
  • Gun
  • Choose

• It's not healthy to be jealous.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Healthy
  • Jealous

• For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority of blacks, the heritage of slavery, overpopulation - for why Haiti remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

  

  Adam Hochschild
  • Country
  • Why
  • Better

• For me, healthy eating and exercising is something I work on constantly. I'm not the most disciplined dieter. I try to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables but sometimes late at night I tend to have fast-food meals - and that's where I get myself into trouble! So I'm not in the best shape I could be, but I'm still healthy and comfy.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Work
  • Night
  • Food

• Pace, like everything else in writing, involves a trade-off. If you're not offering the reader a lot of action to keep her interested, you must offer something else in its stead. Slow pace is ideal for complex character development, detailed description, and nuances of style.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Writing
  • Character
  • Action

• We worked lightly even in the heaviest parts.

  

  Ingrid Thulin
  • Worked
  • Parts
  • Even

• I really love a lot of Japanese music, like Ryuichi Sakamoto and this guy I got really into, Tatsuro Yamashita. When I was a little younger, I thought synthesizers meant Kraftwerk, cold, robotic, weird, Autobahn. But these guys are having a lot of fun on these things. Sometimes. Sometimes it's very somber. They could go either way.

  

  Mac DeMarco
  • Music
  • Fun
  • Guy

• I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park.

  

  Jorge Garcia
  • Happy
  • House
  • Dog

• There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change.

  

  Jennifer Granholm
  • World
  • Why
  • Cutting

• Being a physician, you can either treat the symptoms or cure the disease. This Congress has been treating the symptoms. It's time we cure the disease and take care of the problems that are underlying our poor economy.

  

  Joe Heck
  • Time

• A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

  

  Robert Baden-Powell
  • Taken
  • Happens
  • Surprise

• Life should be an unfinished business.

  

  Colin Fletcher
  • Life
  • Business
  • Unfinished