Alain de Botton Quotes

My office. It's drab and boring but quiet.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

QuietBoringOffice

I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato.

Ana Beatriz Barros

BackGoWantTomatoBrazilCouch

I have five, six, seven things I do before those lines are in my brain. I say them like I'm a robot; I sing them. I put a pencil in my mouth, and I say them. I cook. I play with a cushion and say them - so they really are inside of me.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

MeBrainMouthPlaySayRobot

Time is found in the calibration of the individual to the timing of a collective endeavour, the social grace that less clock-bound societies must practise.

Jay Griffiths

TimeGraceTimingIndividualSocial

I don't want my album coming out with a 'G' rating. Nobody would buy it.

Donny Osmond

NobodyWantOutComingBuyWould

Our studio is kind of built into our home, so it's a place you can ramble, and we can do a pretty good recording here. The band is really comfortable her.

Chris Frantz

GoodHomeYouPlaceKindBand

I think it's a violation of user privacy to continue storing email addresses if you tell users your service is shutting down. I sign up for a service, and if you're no longer providing that service, why should you keep my information?

Cheryl Yeoh

ServiceThinkYouInformationDown

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

Audre Lorde

ArtLivingUse

I always, always want to make people laugh. In every situation. Even when it's inappropriate.

Sharon Horgan

PeopleLaughSituationWantAlways

All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe.

Rickey Medlocke

LoveMusicThinkI CanSayAudience

I hope nuclear becomes a part of the conversation, at the right time when we recognize the importance of that resource. I hope we can work that out as a country and figure out how we are going to put nuclear in the mix.

Lynn Good

WorkHopeTimeConversationCountry

One thing I admire about the Eagles is they always seem to know what they want. They always seem to know why they want it. They always seem to want it at the same time.

Lindsey Buckingham

TimeKnowWantWhyAdmireEagles

I love Diane Keaton's style in 'Annie Hall,' but I like to think my own style is like a cross between 'Annie Hall' and Prince.

Lianne La Havas

LoveStyleThinkMy OwnOwnPrince

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