James O'Brien

“Knowledge, he realized, “was obtained rather by the use of the ear than of the tongue.”
― Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

“You and everyone you know are going to be dead soon. And in the short amount of time between here and there, you have a limited amount of fucks to give. Very few, in fact. And if you go around giving a fuck about everything and everyone without conscious thought or choice—well, then you’re going to get fucked.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“People don't need to be paid to be motivated.”
― Jonah Berger, Contagious: Why Things Catch On

“Nothing happened to me, Officer Starling. I happened. You can't reduce me to a set of influences.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs