#life (62 quotes)
Home is not the place you come from. That place is gone, if it ever existed at all. Home is the place you go to and like enough to stay, the place you ratify with your presence.
— , Constellation Games The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.
— , Capital Once one survives the trough that comes with the understanding that people are going to go on being stupid and cruel to each other no matter what, probably for ever – if one survives; many people choose suicide at this point instead – then one starts to take the attitude, Oh well, never mind. It would be far preferable if things were better, but they’re not, so let’s make the most of it. Let’s see what fresh fuckwittery the dolts can contrive to torment themselves with this time.
— , The Hydrogen Sonata The more you document your own life, the more you check in, you tweet, the more you post photos of what you did last night, the more you do all of this stuff, or even in my case, the more you listen for little lines of dialogue that can make their way into stories, the more you photograph moments, in a way, the more you start to step out of those moments, and if you do that too much, you become a spectator to your own life.
— , CreativeMornings talk A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.
— , Rashomon and Other Stories I love this assimilative aspect of whisky. I love the fact that single malts, those apparent paradigms of purity, actually show far more variety in taste than any blend, that they are much more influenced by outside factors than any other type of alcoholic drink made without the same seemingly limiting strictures of law and tradition. I love the fact that no other drink I’ve ever heard of has the same sort of ability to absorb.
— , Raw Spirit: In Search of the Perfect Dram I’ve found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most when you were somewhere between nine and eleven years old. At that age, you know enough of the world to have opinions about things, but you’re not old enough yet to be overly influenced by the crowd or by what other people are doing or what you think you “should” be doing. If what you do later on ties into that reservoir in some way, then you are nurturing some essential part of yourself.
— , what you loved when you were nine or ten When does a job feel meaningful? Whenever it allows us to generate delight or reduce suffering in others.
— , The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work 1. Stop buying stuff you don't need 2. Pay off all your credit cards 3. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in your house/apartment (storage lockers, etc.) 4. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit on the first floor of your house (attic, garage, etc.) 5. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in one room of your house 6. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in a suitcase 7. Get rid of all the stuff that doesn't fit in a backpack 8. Get rid of the backpack
— , The pursuit of happiness Pay attention, that's all… Notice things. Connect what you’ve noticed. Connect it into a picture. Think of how the picture might be changed; and act to change it. Some of your acts may turn out to be foolish, but others will reward you in surprising ways; and in the meantime, simply by being active instead of passive, you have a kind of immunity that’s hard to explain.
— , The Confusion Via alexcreed.
The sky is better than Sky©TM; no repeats; very widescreen; endlessly fascinating; no discernable plot: perfect telly. And however long you stare at it you never feel like buying anything – except perhaps occasionally cotton wool or candy-floss. And the detail, the work that’s gone into it – it’s truly awesome; terrifying. No wonder we watch telly.
— , Rook Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That’s it. That is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy.
— , Author Comes to Natural Food's 'Defense'