Alain de Botton Quotes

We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BeautifulPeopleStartRichThink

Try to have as diverse group of friends as possible and don't get into the the clique scenario.

Andrew Shue

FriendsGroupPossibleTryGet

I don't do a lot of dating. I guess it's kind of like everyone is always trying to set me up with somebody, so we go out and hang out at a club or somewhere. I think dates are weird.

Matt Cohen

DatingMeThinkWeirdTryingKind

There are no great people. There are only great topics.

Jean Giraudoux

GreatPeopleGreat PeopleOnly

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.

John Podhoretz

PresentTaxWillClassMiddleClaim

Dost thou not understand that there are two distinct forces in us, that of the soul and that of the body, that is, a movement and a regulator?

Jules Verne

SoulBodyUnderstandTwoMovement

I think that indignation is pleasurable, and it's pleasurable because it's self-righteous.

Joshua Oppenheimer

ThinkSelf-RighteousBecauseI Think

There is a lot of my childhood in 'The Sandcastle Girls.'

Chris Bohjalian

ChildhoodLot

I actually believe 'Sustainability', as a concept, is one of the arteries leading to the heart of so many of our cultural transitions at play today. And it's this concept which leads me to bottled water, and its multibillion dollar industry.

Brandon Boyd

TodayHeartWaterMeBelievePlay

I worked at the Steel Company Of Wales when I was 17. My job was to supply tools to the guys working the blast furnaces.

Anthony Hopkins

JobToolsSteelCompanyWorking

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

Arthur Miller

WorkEndingI CanSeeI See

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.

Peter Singer

EthicsThinkThoughtfulAlwaysVery

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

Penelope Spheeris

LiveNiceThreeHollywoodAcres

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