#m

I am a man for whom the outside world exists. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#exists #i #i am #man #outside

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#i #i am #necessity #superfluity #those

Sooner barbarity than boredom. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#boredom #sooner #than

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#get #half #i #i write #into

Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#because #family #family life #getting #how

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses. ↗

— David Storey

#another #essence #friendship #lapses #little

When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#being myself #easily #everything #falling #fully

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#effectively #great #his #how #idiosyncrasies

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#catch #certain #close #cut #down

The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#average #before #choosing #committee #crap