“The problem with movies and books is they make evil look glamorous, exciting, when it's no such thing. It's boring and it's depressing and it's stupid. Criminals are all after cheap thrills and easy money, and when they get them, all they want is more of the same, over and over. They're shallow, empty, boring people who couldn't give you five minutes of interesting conversation if you had the piss-poor luck to be at a party full of them. Maybe some can be monkey-clever, some of the time, but they aren't hardly ever smart.” PeopleIfsWantGivingLooksBookProblemEvilEasyInterestingPoorPartyFiveMinutesStupidConversationSmartEmptyExcitingLuckBoringCriminalsCleverDepressingShallowMonkeysFive MinutesGlamorousEasy MoneyInteresting ConversationEvil Look Book:From the Corner of His Eye: A Novel Source: From the Corner of His Eye: A Novel
“If one were to say but few words, though ones with meaning, one would do better than to say many that were only empty sounds, and just as easy to utter as they were of little use.” IfsLittlesUseEasySoundEmptyFew Words Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I think in some ways people kind of hate it, but most models recognize that it's a pretty easy job to make a lot of money at in a relatively short time, and you get to travel the world and meet a lot of interesting people. There are extreme highs and extreme lows. I think if it were as clear-cut as "models hate it," then they wouldn't do it. I really enjoyed a lot of the actual aspects of it, but not enough to make it my primary job. It can be quite empty, which is why I pursued other things.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindEnoughHateEasyInterestingEmptyTravel The World Author:Lily Cole
“Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must bespoken. A need burns inside us to share with others what we are feeling Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. It is as though the coolness that marked out youth is itself a type of retrovirus that can only leave you feeling empty. Full of holes.” NeedsFeelsFeelingsAgeCertainEasyShareYouthTypeConversationFindingsEmptyCeaseHolesSincerityCoolnessFeeling Empty Author:Douglas Coupland
“Something like this will test you like nothing else," Mac said. "You're going to find out who you are, Harry. You're going to find out which principles you'll stand by to your death--and which lines you'll cross." He took my empty glass away and said, "You're heading into the badlands. It'll be easy to get lost.” SaidLostEasyLinesPrinciplesCrossesEmptyTestsWho You AreGlassesHeadingsMacsEasy To GetDresdenHarry Dresden Book:Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files Source: Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files
“He had no money and no home; he lived entirely on the road of the racing circuit, sleeping in empty stalls, carrying with him only a saddle, his rosary, and his books...The books were the closest thing he had to furniture, and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.” MenWayBookHomeEasySleepEmptyChairsRacingClosestFurnitureNo MoneyCircuitsRosarySleeping InSaddles Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it.” IfsMenLifeEndsWholeHappensLife IsLiteratureEasyHoursEmptyForgottenDinnerPleasantStrifeHere And ThereLife Is LikeFablesCigarIndolenceSmoking Cigars Book:Lord Jim Source: Lord Jim
“Tips for aspiring writers: don't be afraid of writing rubbish. It's very easy to become hypnotised by an empty page or screen. It's tempting to abandon a half-finished work because you can't make it perfect. I hereby give you permission to write things that aren't perfect, make mistakes, try things that don't work, experiment with styles you're not used to and generally throw words around. You'll learn much faster that way.” WayGivingWritingTryingUsedEasyPerfectMistakeHalfStylePagesEmptyFinishedScreensExperimentsFasterMaking MistakesAbandonPermissionRubbishTemptingAspiring WritersFinished Work Author:Frances Hardinge
“It is the denial of death that is partially responsible for people living empty, purposeless lives; for when you live as if you'll live forever, it becomes too easy to postpone the things you know that you must do.” PeopleIfsKnowsEasyForeverEmptyResponsibleDenialLive ForeverDenial Of Death Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“I focus best and am most productive when I’m working in a friend’s empty apartment. It’s hard for me to work at home. Too easy to procrastinate online, too easy to be distracted by the state of perpetual domestic chaos that rules my home.” HardStatesHomeEasyFocusEmptyChaosProductiveOnlinePerpetualApartmentDistractedProcrastinating Author:Elissa Schappell
“The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces.” KnowsLifeImportantEnoughLanguageEasySpaceEmptyWarriorGod LoveEmpty SpaceImportant WordsSmall Words Author:Paulo Coelho