Bo Derek Quotes
When the established members of academia start becoming vocal as to how poor your art is, then you know you're on to something.
An all encompassing uncertainty on the part of any person is either a sign of utter stupidity or extreme intelligence. Only the not so dumb, or the not so smart, are ever certain about anything.
No matter how much utter disdain I have for the work of a particular artist, I would still rather that he had created those works than hadn't
More often than not, in order to find truth, a wise man must suffer the ravings of the insane. There is no undiscovered truth to be found in the minds of the reasonable and rational.
Gratitude free of compassion is selfishness. It is nothing more than being happy for what has been done to benefit you.
There has got to be a point that exists somewhere, when a rational person just has to shake his head and say: 'You know what? Maybe all the crack-pots are right!'
The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle.
Abstraction is an exercise in a pre-assured failure. It is a futile attempt to communicate the non-communicable
No matter how substandard you feel your skill or talent may be, If you never produce your art, the world will always remain deprived of it.
The ability of a country to wage war is not an accurate measure of its strengths, but of its fears.
Anyway, the fetish crowd, compared to some of the people that hung out with the skinheads, was all pussycats.
You have to feel your own personal truth with a little ‘t’ – your sadness, rage, frustration for example -- in order to get to the Truth with a big ‘T’.
Bobby would drive to the net injured, he would drive to the net hurt. He played that way every night. He told Bobby that he was the one who made him famous.
Pay close attention to when you're being the real you & when you're trying to impress an invisible jury.
Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what’s not working.
Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn't that enough?
I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm 'bored'. But because a company is a laboratory to try your ideas.
Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.
The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20. The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000.
Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing.
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better.
It's only a little difficult to say no. You've got to believe that the work you're doing is ultimately more useful to the world.
The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.
How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap?
The docks were said to be quite tough, but there were pubs you didn't go into if you were a respectable... but um, I never felt a sense of danger in Liverpool.
Brian Epstein was like all people who turn out to be of interest, someone who was of interest to himself. I hear this a lot now. There's a feeling of I am different.
I'm born in Alaska, grew up in Colorado, went to college in Colorado, went to Colorado State, and I actually finished my degree.
Americans are not brought up with meter. They're not brought up with poetry. If you try to get them to recite, they're too embarrassed.
