Esther Perel Quotes
On some level we trade passion for security, that's trading one illusion for another. It's a matter of degree. We can't live in constant fear, but we can't live without any. The fear of loss is essential to love.
Quotes to Explore
-
My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
-
I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
-
The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.
-
I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
-
When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
-
I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
-
I bought these pink sticker things... and I would write things on them, and I wrote, 'I will write an international smash,' and shortly after, it was when we did 'Monster,' and it was an international smash.
-
The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
-
I was very quiet at college and had a certain group of friends.
-
I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
-
Polonium is, frankly, pretty useless, and no country in the world except Russia bothered to refine it by the late 2000s.
-
The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
-
Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
-
As a kid, there was a painting of 'Appeal to the Great Spirit' that I would see when I would get oatmeal bowls out of the cupboard. This painting, it was so real to me that it frightened me.
-
I'm always collecting emotions for future reference.
-
I play to see what I can accomplish. I don't play for fun. I play to see how good I can be.
-
I think several generations of my family had novels in the drawer. You know the montage in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' where each character has produced some sort of minor work? It was like having a magician in the household.
-
Our company is very diversified, both in terms of geography and in terms of products.
-
If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?
-
I'm coming back to give the people what they want.
-
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
-
Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
-
Well I can understand why men want it to be legal. Obviously they're all hoping they might get to marry me someday. I hate to burst their bubble, but they should just give it up now. Zach Braff doesn't sway that way, you know?
-
On some level we trade passion for security, that's trading one illusion for another. It's a matter of degree. We can't live in constant fear, but we can't live without any. The fear of loss is essential to love.
