Alain de Botton Quotes

The problem with airports is that we go there when we need to catch a plane - and because it's so difficult to find the way to the gate, we tend not to look around at our surroundings.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ProblemLookFindGoWayDifficult

If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette.

Jimmy Piersall

MeYouWantTalkOutCigarette

I set very high standards for myself and worked every game with the same energy and enthusiasm as if it were the seventh game of a World Series.

Jim Evans

MyselfWorldGameEnergyEnthusiasm

One of my favorite experiences was '9 to 5,' for one reason: Dolly Parton. I learned what it means to really work hard and do it with a sense of humor about yourself. Every day was joyful.

Joe Mantello

WorkHumorDayYourselfWork Hard

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time, you know, that's kind of why I'm kind of pro dubbing.

Jodie Foster

TimePeopleWishYouKnowKind

It turns out that all of the things I was looking for in a governor, Trump has even more. He has been vetted by the media; he has been attacked by the media his entire life and is perfectly comfortable in front of a gaggle of microphones.

Ann Coulter

LifeLookingMediaComfortableMore

It's definitely a reason I game so much: to forget about the pressures of fighting and the hardships of training and everything.

Robert Whittaker

TrainingGameFightingHardships

It might look like some incredibly complicated map to get from English period films to American action anti-heroes, but it really is just about not having a plan.

Rupert Friend

ActionAmericanPlanLookMapGet

I always say if I'm not good at something it's just because I've not had time to focus on it... it's just uncrafted, like a slab of rock that contains the statue of David within it.

Michael Sheen

GoodTimeFocusJust BecauseRock

If I'm feeling something, I have a lot of different ways to express it, you know? I can write an article about it. I can write a screenplay about it. I can act in someone's thing.

Josh Radnor

SomeoneYouFeelingI CanKnowAct

I have a book! It's called 'How Does She Do It?' and it's 35 years on camera.

Deidre Hall

BookCameraSheYearsHowDoes

I'm persuaded that sports is the one place where the rules are pretty well set out, where fans are equal. And if you got game or you're a good official, you make it here, whether you're white or you're black.

David Stern

GoodSportsGameBlackYouRules

I wrote 'A Boy and His Soul' that talks about how my mother had lupus and my dad dying of a heart condition.

Colman Domingo

MotherHeartSoulBoyDyingHow

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Alain de Botton