“Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are no longer alone, they have an investment in critical praise, and they think they must protect it. This leads to a diffusion of effort. The writer watches himself as he works. He grows more subtle and he pays for it by loss of organic dash.” PeopleThinkingWritingSelfEyeGrowsLossEffortPayWatchesWrittenHabitProtectConsciousPraiseInvestmentCriticalSubtleSelf ConsciousThrough The EyesDiffusion Book:Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler Source: Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler
“I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.” WantMeanChildrenWatchesProtectAdultsProgrammingMatureProtecting Children Author:Burt Ward
“If a man stopped me in the street and demanded of me my watch, I should refuse to give it to him. If he threatened to take it by force, I feel I should, though not a fighting man, do my best to protect it. If, on the other hand, he should assert his intention of trying to obtain it by means of an action in any court of law, I should take it out of my pocket and hand it to him, and think I had got off cheaply.” IfsThinkingMenGivingFeelsShouldTryingMeanHandsActionLawFightingForceWatchesStreetsProtectCourtIntentionRefusePocketsThreatened Book:Three Men on the Bummel Source: Three Men on the Bummel
“Nightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know why that is, but it's some kind of fantasy that people play out. "What would I do to protect my children? I'd do anything." And then, you watch it play out. I'm petrified of such a thing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindChildrenSometimesReasonPlayEnjoyWatchesFantasyWorstStrangeProtectMy ChildrenNightmareStrange ThingsWorst Fear Author:Ethan Hawke
“Diversification is something that stock brokers came up with to protect themselves, so they wouldn't get sued for making bad investment choices for clients. Henry Ford never diversified, Bill Gates didn't diversify. The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully. And make sure you have the right basket.” WayChoicesWatchesRichProtectBillsInvestmentInvestingEggsGatesClientsGet RichBasketsBrokersDiversificationEggs In One BasketStock Broker Author:Jim Rogers
“If we want our civilization to survive, we have to watch for the extremes. We have to reclaim our morality, both individually and as the society. To protect ourselves from extremisms, we have to maintain moderation.” IfsWantWatchesMoralityCivilizationProtectExtremesModerationExtremism Author:Ali Sina