Jess > Jess's Quotes

“Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing
difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is
simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.”
― Brian Tracy

“Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
― Paul Brandt

“I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you want more. You're not addicted yet, but you like the sensation, and you think you can still control things.You think about the person you love for two minutes then forget them for three hours. But then you get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependent on them. Now you think about him for three hours and forget him for two minutes. If he's not there, you feel like an addict who can't get a fix. And just as addicts steal and humiliate themselves to get what they need, you're willing to do anything for love."- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”
― Paulo Coelho

“Josh had told me a long time ago that he had this theory that an entire relationship was based on what occurred over the course of the first five minutes you know each other. That everything that came after those first minutes was just details being filled in. Meaning: you already knew how deep the love was, how instinctually you felt about someone.

What happened in their first five minutes?

Time stopped.”
― Laura Dave, London is the Best City in America

“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Steve Jobs

“What makes big boobs and perkiness so attractive to boys? I mean, really. Two round, mounds of fat and a fake smile. Yeah, winning attributes.”
― Gena Showalter, Oh My Goth

“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
― Chris Rock

“There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

“The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and
respect yourself.”
― Brian Tracy

“Imagine no limitations; decide what's right and desirable before you decide
what's possible.”
― Brian Tracy

“All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
― Brian Tracy, Personal Success

“No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from
scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who
have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve
our goals.”
― Brian Tracy

“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.”
― Paul Valery, The Art of Poetry

“I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.”
― Lady Gaga

“It's not a lie if you don't tell the truth.
But it's fucked up if you falsify the fact.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Truth is something believed in heart.
Fact is anything happened in realities.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“A very single fact could emerge into many versions of truth,
depends on the number of eyewitnesses and interpretations.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Eyes can't sense a smell of rain before it drops.
Mind can't see event of future before it happens.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“It's sometimes funny to watch some people doing
something the wrong way but doing it confidently.
Even more funny, they succeeded.”
― Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident], Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“Risk means 'shit happens' or 'good luck”
― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“You can't start the change unless dare to be different.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“When you don't know where to start,
just go to a place you miss so much.”
― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“True love doesn't need proof.
The eyes told what heart felt.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“You're good salesman,
if you make people buy
product they don't need.”
― Toba Beta

“If you feel that everything's too damn okay,
then it is just a sign that something is wrong.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Jealousy is love in competition.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“Fake sUCKs!”
― Toba Beta