Rish Singh > Rish's Quotes

“Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you.”
― Sherry Argov, Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart

“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
― Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
― George Carlin

“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.”
― George Carlin

“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.”
― George Carlin

“We're so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody's going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance? Save the planet! Are these people kidding? Save the planet? We don't even know how to take care of ourselves; we haven't learned how to care for one another. We're gonna save the fuckin' planet? . . . And, by the way, there's nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet is fine. The people are fucked! Compared with the people, the planet is doin' great. It's been here over four billion years . . . The planet isn't goin' anywhere, folks. We are! We're goin' away. Pack your shit, we're goin' away. And we won't leave much of a trace. Thank God for that. Nothing left. Maybe a little Styrofoam. The planet will be here, and we'll be gone. Another failed mutation; another closed-end biological mistake.”
― George Carlin

“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.”
― George Carlin

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
― George Carlin

“I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.”
― George Carlin

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.”
― George Carlin

“How hard can it be?”
― Jeremy Clarkson

“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
― Noam Chomsky

“Education is a system of imposed ignorance.”
― Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

“We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.”
― Noam Chomsky

“This boy has negative charisma. He walks into a room and the oxygen starts to evaporate. I guess that's why girls sleep with him. They find his awfulness transfixing. He's like a lousy 1970's disaster movie that they can't bring themselves to turn off, even though it is making their life worse every minute they leave it on. ”
― Emma Forrest, Namedropper

“Presence, power and warmth.”
― Olivia Fox Cabane, The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

“The essential difference with Builders is that they've found something to do that matters to them and are therefore so passionately engaged, they rise above the personality baggage that would otherwise hold them down. Whatever they are doing has so much meaning to them that the cause itself provides charisma and they plug into it as if it was electrical current.”
― Jerry Porras, Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters

“There’s nothing the rich fear more than a poor person with ideas and charisma.”
― Alex Burrett

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens”
― Jimi Hendrix

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”
― William James

“Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”
― Mark Twain, Notebook

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
― Colette

“The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
the man of benevolence never worries;
the man of courage is never afraid.”
― Confucius

“There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein