Alain de Botton Quotes

Used to do a lot of falling in love with people, almost in the street, and imagining that there would be no obstacle to a happy love story other than finding the 'right person'.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LoveHappyPeopleRight PersonStory

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

Jim Cooper

HistoryDoingNowDebtFirstNation

I don't rely on feng shui. I believe hard work brings us good luck and success.

John Gokongwei

WorkHard WorkSuccessGoodLuckUs

I had done a lot of rock 'n' roll photography when I was in college. I was one of many photographers who worked for The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and all of these rock 'n' roll bands.

John Dykstra

CollegeAirplaneDoorsPhotography

Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.

Ann Demeulemeester

MeJewelryEmotionSomethingReally

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

Jean Paul

LifeLiveMorningEndLookDream

When I was a kid, I loved a heavy metal band called Motley Crue. I was thirteen when they came to my city, and I called every hotel in the Yellow Pages asking for a room by the name of their manager in hopes of meeting the band. After two or three hours of calling hotels, I got through, and the manager's brother answered the phone.

Steve-O

BrotherYellowCityNameLoved

When something happens to you, suffering doesn't begin. Suffering begins at the instant you label a bad thing - as something that is wrong.

Srikumar Rao

SufferingYouBadWrongBeginLabel

The media are always on the lookout for possible sightings of D.B. Cooper, the man who parachuted from a plane with $200,000 in ransom money in November 1971. But the truth is, the mystery man wearing dark sunglasses almost certainly died during the jump, according to the FBI agents on the case at the time.

Ronald Kessler

TruthTimeMoneyManSunglasses

The biggest problem that we have on the face of the planet is Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

Jason Chaffetz

FaceProblemPlanetWeaponNuclear

I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people can say that. I wrote the songs I wanted to write, for me. I had no idea that 'American Pie' would relate to anybody.

Don McLean

LifePeopleMeThinkAmericanPie

I just want to say I owe the whole reds organization a great deal. Great staff top to bottom and I wish those guys all the best.

Dontrelle Willis

GreatBestOrganizationWishWant

I have a problem with bullying.

Cindy Morgan

BullyingProblem

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