“The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worst part of oneself.” DiesFightingEvilMinutesWorstOneself Author:Patrick McGoohan
“As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.” IfsShouldJobsParentExampleCitizensMoralityBillsEmbraceGatesBillionaireAndrewPhilanthropistCarnegieBuffett Author:Eric Alterman
“I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” PeopleLittlesSometimesHumorInspirationFunnyLawWishPresidentPoliceLaw EnforcementEnforcementEmphasisObservance Author:Calvin Coolidge
“I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered !My life is my own.” Life IsMy OwnPrisoner Author:Patrick McGoohan
“Your village may be different from other people's villages but we are all prisoners.” PeopleMayDifferentVillagePrisoner Author:Patrick McGoohan
“I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingKindEndsCertainStreetsPositionBecomingMiserableDead Ends Author:Viggo Mortensen
“Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.” SaidFeelingsMinesLifetimePrivilegeBeing Yourself Author:Viggo Mortensen
“We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone.” LooksLittlesSometimesGuySufferingIndividualLinesFateEventsIntentionPhilosopherUnexpectedGlimpseRandomnessOld GuysRamblingUnexpected Events Author:Viggo Mortensen
“You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.” SaidJobsMoralObligationMoral Obligation Author:Viggo Mortensen