Alain de Botton Quotes

The idea of a book that can make a change to your life, that can affect your perspective, is a beautiful and great ambition: one that Seneca, Nietzsche and Tolstoy would have sympathised with.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeChangeBeautifulGreatAmbition

Horror movies are here to stay, you know? It's not a fad. Even the musical has gone in and out of style from time to time. Horror movies have always been around.

Jerry O'Connell

TimeStyleYouKnowMoviesHorror

I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked.

Jennifer Garner

BaseballThinkEnoughYouKnowSoap

These 'free' applications ask for permission to read your emails, your text messages, listen to your phone calls, record video from your phone. Why else would someone spend millions developing an application which they then give away? Kind-hearted, maybe? Get real.

John McAfee

FreeSomeonePhoneWhyListenReal

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.

Michael Franti

ChangeMusicChange The WorldWorld

I love being in Mumbai and want to continue being here.

Amy Jackson

LoveWantMumbaiBeingHereI Love

You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.

Steve Harvey

BusinessYouKnowQuitStandardsUp

Women do so much aesthetically to attract men that they sometimes overlook the simple things, like cooking.

Tony Rock

WomenCookingMenSimpleSometimes

We have to have a conversation where we bring in all the stakeholders and say, 'What is the vision of the Democratic Party?'

Tom Perez

VisionConversationPartySayBring

When you see validation for a life's work and dedication, it's a beautiful day.

Mary Gauthier

LifeWorkBeautifulDayDedication

I think one of the basic tasks in life - one of the nice things we can do for each other - is to take things that are horrible and scary and make them acceptable and less frightening and, if possible, funny. It feels great to succeed at that.

Julia Sweeney

LifeFunnyGreatSucceedThinkNice

Everything that I learned in the Navy, I took it with me into the next phase of my life.

Chris Gardner

LifeMeMy LifeNavyEverything

Working on domestic violence cases was an eye-opening experience that made me passionate to do everything possible to support and protect victims and prosecute abusers.

Conner Eldridge

ExperienceSupportMeViolenceMade

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