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Jostein Gaarder Quotes

To wonder about life is not something we learn; it is something we forget.

Jostein Gaarder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: norwegian
Birth: August 8, 1952

Topics

Life Learn Wonder Forget Something

We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't have to win everything to be a fan of something.

Good Red Win You Lose Everything

Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

Work Hard Work Live Time Die You

There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne.

Jeffrey Bernard

Day Lying Nothing Champagne Being

To really disrupt a big market, you have to look at the marketplace from a long-term perspective. You have to move very fast but knowing that disruptive solutions just take time to build.

Time Perspective You Look Fast Big

I start a picture and I finish it.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Start Picture Finish

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

Shirley Hufstedler

Life Great Opportunities My Life

Hollywood is an image. We project these fantasies on to it, but people are just people.

People Hollywood Project Image Just

We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us.

People Lose Too Much Forget Nothing

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.

Great Together City America Place

And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.

Lisa Scottoline

Strength Mother Happy Be Happy Look

My parents worry all the time because I trust people very easily.

Deepika Padukone

Time Trust Parents People Worry

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

Life Good My Life More Little Been

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