103 ratings (4.29 avg)
0 reviews

Ciaran Willis

Add friend

Ciaran’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (295)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (121)
non-fiction‎ (6)

memoir‎ (4)
psychology‎ (2)

humour‎ (1)
travel‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Ciaran is Currently Reading

Ciaran Willis is currently reading

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

by Jung Chang

bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction, memoir

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jun 05, 2024 04:53AM

“If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.”
― David Ogilvy, Ogilvy on Advertising

39 likes

“You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

tags: what-if, what-ifs

24 likes

“I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done in life, any choice that I’ve made. But I’m consumed with regret for the things I didn’t do, the choices I didn’t make, the things I didn’t say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. “What if…” “If only…” “I wonder what would have…” You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

tags: inspirational, life

662 likes

“I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

tags: hard-boiled, humor, manners, philip-marlowe, put-downs, raymond-chandler

96 likes

“For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
― Benjamin Button, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

235 likes

More of Ciaran’s quotes…