Blaise Pascal Quotes

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

Blaise Pascal

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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.

J. C. Chandor
- Up
- Family
- Business
In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

Zac Efron
- People
- Work
- Long
I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.

Larry Drake
- Family
- Money
- Done
I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

Zig Ziglar
- People
- Business
- Friend
The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.

T Bone Burnett
- People
- Art
- Business
The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.

E. O. Wilson
- Life
- Rest
- Variety