#simple

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life #novel #simple #very #write

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#attend #busy #difficult #dignity #futile

When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#favorite #going #i #i do #just

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #ecstasy #hunger #like #nothing

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#conversation #four #i #i do #improved

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#complicated #educators #make #simple #something

Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right. ↗

— Theresa May

#completed #criminal #criminal justice #criminal justice system #dealing

The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society. ↗

— Theresa May

#basis #british #come #family #genuine

I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#clean #everywhere #google #i #i think

My voice, my likeness is my livelihood. That's it. I keep it simple. I pick good products. ↗

— Billy Mays

#i #keep #likeness #livelihood #pick