“I am very, very aware at all times. I'm watching myself, I'm listening to myself, I'm judging myself, critiquing myself all the time, and I will know when I do something and I will immediately say, "Can I do another one, because I didn't quite get that thing," or that I wanted to do something there and it didn't quite work.” KnowsWantedJudgingListeningAll TimeJudging Myself Author:Hugh Laurie
“I think pain is a very - it's an extremely hard thing to empathize moment to moment. And you often don't remember your own pain, you know, that moment that you broke a limb or you burned yourself or, I think, this is a common thing that women talk about with childbirth, that the memory of the pain is hard to summon up and relive, thankfully.” ThinkingKnowsHardMomentsPainRememberMemoriesCommonBrokeThat MomentBurnedLimbsChildbirthHard ThingsCommon Things Author:Hugh Laurie
“I know a lot of people think therapy is about sitting around staring at your own navel - but it's staring at your own navel with a goal. And the goal is to one day to see the world in a better way and treat your loved ones with more kindness and have more to give.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWayGivingGoalKindnessOne DaySittingTreatsStaringTherapyLoved OnesBetter WaysSitting AroundNavel Author:Hugh Laurie
“I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t know why they’d decided to confine its purpose just to sitting. Obviously, sitting was one of the things you could do in a room this size; but you could also stage operas, hold cycling races, and have an absolutely cracking game of frisbee, all at the same time, without having to move any of the furniture. It could rain in a room this big.” KnowsSaidBigsMovingPurposeGamesRoomsRaceStageSittingRedRainDecidedSizeOperaThey SaidCurtainsFurnitureCarpetCyclingRed CarpetFrisbee Book:The Gun Seller Source: The Gun Seller
“Success on a cosmic level completely eludes me. I'm deeply suspicious of things being too good. It's part of my superstition, I think, to generate pain in order to give the illusion of gain. I'm not saying I reject success, but honestly, I don't quite know how to deal with it. It's an old feeling: As soon as you have the thing you've been going after all your life, that reasonable degree of security, you start kicking against it, doubting it.” ThinkingKnowsGivingFeelingsPainSuccessOrderLevelsDealsKnow HowDoubtSecurityDegreesIllusionGainsHonestlyReasonableRejectsCosmicSuperstitionsSuspiciousKickingEludeOld Feelings Author:Hugh Laurie
“Boxing is fascinating. It's good for the soul to be made to feel clumsy. I swank around during the week thinking I'm a big cheese, but you don't feel like that when you're in the ring with a chap who knows what he's doing. It's ritual humiliation. I'm going to be slugged about and probably killed, but I love it and have to do something to keep fit.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsMadeSoulBigsWeekFitRingsBoxingFascinatingRitualCheeseHumiliationClumsyChapsSwank Author:Hugh Laurie
“To tell you the truth, the older I get, the less I know. I keep meeting people, both older and younger, who seem to have accrued so much more knowledge or expertise or certainty about who they are and the jobs they do. I just marvel at it.” PeopleKnowsSeemsJobsKnowledgeMeetingsCertaintyExpertiseMore Knowledge Author:Hugh Laurie
