Alain de Botton Quotes

The solution as consumers is - perhaps surprisingly - to take adverts very, very seriously. We should ask ourselves what it is that we find lovely in them - the visions of friendship, togetherness, repose, or whatever. And then consider what would actually help us find these qualities in our lives.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 20, 1969

Topics

FriendshipHelpSolutionFindLovely

If you don't like or care about your job, what's the big deal? I am so over it.

Jessica Cutler

JobI AmCareYouOverBig

When I'm working, I stay in ICU in any hospital that will get me a bed.

Jerry Lewis

MeBedWillHospitalStayWorking

Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more intimate union, participation and community of divine energies and ideas.

Johann Georg Hamann

NatureCommunityIdeasNewMore

In the 1990s, from the estates of Scotland came the phenomenon of Irvine Welsh. 'Trainspotting' demanded its place not only in the high ranks of contemporary fiction but as a describer of a Britain that literally and metaphorically was in a deep mess.

Melvyn Bragg

DeepPlaceMessHighFictionOnly

However one reaches the parks, the main thing is to slow down and absorb the natural wonders at leisure.

Michael Frome

SlowDownLeisureNaturalWonders

I feel like my convictions and my passions come from my very personal experience and the life that I've led. I feel the very naturally tendency to stand up for and use my voice for the things that I know about and the things that I feel passionate about.

America Ferrera

LifeExperienceStand UpVoiceStand

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.

Steve Prefontaine

BestSacrificeGiftAnythingGive

I mean, I'm just speaking of my own experiences and my own desires, and it's a kind of a childlike wonder that could really possibly speculate on other dimensions.

Shirley MacLaine

WonderKindChildlikeMy OwnMean

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

Tom Peters

PositiveGreatSimplePeopleAct

Even though Da Vinci was a genius, it's important to remember he was just a man.

Tom Riley

ManGeniusRememberImportantJust

Go for great. Own your game. Be kind. Get big things done.

Robin S. Sharma

GreatBe KindGameGoDoneKind

I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe.

Mary-Kate Olsen

LoveDayCookingSchoolRestaurant

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