Alain de Botton Quotes

I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CommunicationGreatTimeChallenge

I went to Brooklyn College as an education major. It was a big deal in the family, but really, I was living for Mom and Dad.

Jimmy Smits

FamilyEducationCollegeMomLiving

I also urge the Obama administration - both on its own and in cooperation with other responsible governments around the world - to use all legal means necessary to shut down WikiLeaks before it can do more damage by releasing additional cables. WikiLeaks' activities represent a shared threat to collective international security.

Joe Lieberman

WorldLegalSecurityDownMoreOwn

My characters aren't chess pieces. I don't move them around some big board. I actually care about these fictitious people.

Jeff Nichols

PeopleCareChessPiecesBigMove

Throw out the rule book. If you like wearing navy and black together, wear it; if you like mixing up gold and silver jewellery, mix it. If you like it, wear it - don't care about what anyone else thinks.

Amber Le Bon

TogetherGoldBookBlackCareYou

If you're not adventurous,, you're not really living, I think... especially in college.

Spencer Grammer

CollegeThinkYouLivingAdventurous

When you think back in history about producers and artists or writers who've had good synergy, a lot of times they date, or they're married, or there's a friendship and a kinship.

Solange Knowles

FriendshipGoodHistoryThinkYou

I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.

Steven Shainberg

StarsMoviesIndependentWithout

I'm just trying to be the best version of Trey Young.

Trae Young

BestTryingYoungJustVersion

Being from Texas, acting or music isn't really a thing to do.

Tony Oller

MusicTexasActingBeingReally

Snoop Dogg is hilarious. T.I. is really funny. Who else? 50 Cent is hilarious. Jay-Z is funny. I've met him, but he's funny in interviews. He was funny when I saw him, too. Ludacris is funny. Everybody is. Rappers are funny, a lot of them.

Jay Pharoah

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Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

Diogenes

IntelligenceManSillyIntelligent

I don't curse in front of my daughter. Well, sometimes.

Bozoma Saint John

DaughterSometimesCurseWellFront

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