Alain de Botton Quotes

My dad was a slightly stricter version of Richard Dawkins. The worldview was that there are idiots out there who believe in Santa Claus and fairies and magic and elves, and we're not joining that nonsense.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BelieveMagicNonsenseIdiotsOut

My family is my life, and I'll never lose that.

Jessica Simpson

LifeFamilyMy LifeLoseNever

My mother took my picture to a model agency and the rest is history.

Angie Everhart

MotherHistoryRestPictureAgency

There are people who marry themselves. Somebody wanted to marry a tree. People marrying their pets.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

TreePeoplePetsSomebodyWhoMarry

The acronym ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. But increasingly, we see that it's not limited there. We see it in Egypt. We see it in Libya. We see it in Afghanistan.

Tom Cotton

EgyptAfghanistanSeeStateSyria

I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

ImpactRememberI CanOldYearsOut

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

Martin Short

FatherPeopleThinkIrishJewish

I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think people would be - would love to see an expose like that.

Michele Bachmann

LoveGreatPeopleThinkAmerican

Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.

Michael Leunig

BusinessArtWorldMessyComing

Four hundred obscenely wealthy individuals, 400 little Mubaraks - most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout of 2008 - now have more cash, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined.

Michael Moore

NowWayMoreLittleCashProperty

Scotland is one of my favourite places to perform: it's really something special. Scottish audiences are just so enthusiastic; their approach to dance music just feels similar to my own somehow.

Moby

MusicDanceSpecialPlacesMy Own

I'm the youngest of four siblings and the baby of the family. My family just treated me like anyone else growing up. They taught me that everyone has a special and unique trait about them, and that mine is that I have a girl brain and a boy body.

Jazz Jennings

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When you think about 19 years, it has been a heckuva ride. Physically, I want to be able to participate in activities with my kids, so it has taken a toll. It is time to move on and think about maybe coaching or doing some broadcasting.

Jason Kidd

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