#view

I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone's wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time. ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#science-fiction #science

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#tragedy

(Feedback) People become addicted to it. That’s why journalism is so popular, because you want to hear, every day, what people think of what you just wrote. I think a little patience on that front can be good, too. ↗

— Zadie Smith

#literary-reviews #writing #literary-criticism

Smartass Disciple: Master, I’m going to change the whole world. Master of Stupidity: It changes within you. It changes without you. ↗

— Toba Beta

#ego #humor #life #perspective #point-of-view

UNTRUSTWORTHINESS is a viewpoint. Depends which side of the fence you are viewing from! ↗

— Deeba Salim Irfan

#deeba-salim-irfan #love #untrustworthiness #viewpoint #love

I'll tell u boys it's tough to be alone, and it's tough to love a doll that's not ur own. ↗

— Arther Miller

#love

The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs. ↗

— Bjork

#i #i do #interviews #protecting #reason

What is it about the American obsession with productivity and responsibility that makes it so difficult for us to allow ourselves a little time to solve the puzzle of our own lives, before it’s too late? ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#selfishness #travel #love

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#artists #bought #contemporary #decided #establish

I tell my girls when you have done everything humanly possible, when you have fought with everything in you for something you truly believe in and it is still out of reach, it's time to become a feather. Let the wind guide you for awhile.... ↗

— Susan Goldsmith

#author-interview #inspirational #inspirational