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Martin Seligman Quotes

We have children to pursue other elements of well-being. We want meaning in life. We want relationships.

Martin Seligman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 12, 1942

Topics

Life Children Meaning Relationships

You know who I'd like to open for? This will be a surprise, but I'll tell you who: Iron Maiden.

Surprise You Know Will Open Tell

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Love Happiness Down Write Lovers

It's a liminal thing, humming, And I'm always interested in liminal things.

Always Things Interested Thing

In 1995, I proposed the Harvard Arts Medal. The idea was to celebrate the fact that, although it's rare, Harvard men and women do go into the creative arts. Over the years we've had major, major figures, like Jack Lemmon, John Updike, Yo-Yo Ma, and Bonnie Raitt.

Women Men Creative Celebrate Go

I think it's really a sign of great American strength that we do invest the money we do in technology, in these hard projects, in NASA.

John M. Grunsfeld

Strength Technology Great Money NASA

Go and experience life the way that someone else might experience it. Maybe you'll find meaning in a different corner of your brain. The fact that it changed doesn't negate the fact that it ever mattered.

Life Experience Brain Someone You

If Bill O'Reilly is calling you a far-left critic, in my book, no matter what your political persuasion is, that's probably - that probably means you're doing a good job.

Michael Hastings

Good Job Book Political Doing You

I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie star hands, but they're just gardening ones. Always slightly grubby and with a bit of dirt under the fingernails.

Love Gardening People Think Hands

The very beautiful and very touching thing about opera singers is they are very willing to do whatever you want. Unlike actors, who constantly want to know why they're doing something, opera singers will sort of follow you into the fires of hell.

Beautiful Hell Doing You Know Want

When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.

Father Morning Bird Fun Happy Me

Oh, Mrs. Churchill, do come over, someone has killed father.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

Father Someone Over Come Oh Mrs

My husband and I like to reminisce about how, when we were 9, we read straight through L. Frank Baum's 'Oz' series, books filled with wizards and witches. And you know what those subversive tales taught us? That we loved to read!

Husband Loved You Know Reminisce Us

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