Quotes of: James Keyword

Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.

P. J. O'Rourke

People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans.

P. J. O'Rourke

I think it is more of an intuitive, circular kind of personality, for starters. And, as I say of horses, the secret to breeding great horses is the three B's: bones, brains, and balance. If you look at art, it shares some of the same qualities.

Alice Walton

Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I buy it to show it off in exhibitions. Then, if I feel like it, I sell it and buy more art.

Charles Saatchi

I don't know very many people in the art world, only socialise with the few I like, and have little time to gnaw my nails with anxiety about any criticism I hear about.

Charles Saatchi

I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.

Larry Ellison

...tethered to the ground by quotidian conversation. ... the window rosy with anemic November light.

The $60,000 Dog: My Life with Animals

Den ängslan som är förbunden med att minnas. Den ängslan som är förbunden med att inte göra det.

Én af os sover

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

Walter Murch

Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

In Rwanda, one person's God is another person's Satan -Thérèse Nyirabayovu

Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

The Rommel Papers

Our real self is under siege by our anti-self.

The Self Under Siege: A Therapeutic Model for Differentiation

One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

Man's Search for Himself

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

Man's Search for Himself

Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like.

The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being

If you're committed, that just means you're in agreement your undertaking could be your ticket to the asylum.

Never Play Checkers with a Leapfrog

James does what anybody would do when they see somebody they'd like to know: he ignores the shit out of her.

Nevada

It is not so much the kind of person a man is as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act.

Obedience to Authority

Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.

Sister Mine

Potential is not an endpoint but a capacity to grow and learn.

Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child's True Potential