Alain de Botton Quotes

I tell my children what I think myself: That religion is not necessarily convincing, but it is still interesting and not to be laughed at or denigrated.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenMyselfReligionThinkTell

Everybody's looking for love, and you want to love somebody and be loved in return.

Jill Scott

LoveLookingLovedYouWantReturn

I look very serious. I look stern even when I'm not stern. If I'm not feeling cross, I look a little bit cross. I can't help it. It's just my face.

Jennifer Connelly

FaceHelpLookFeelingSeriousJust

I do know a lot about Scientology. And I know about the practices. I know all about what the technology is and all that kind of stuff. It's very helpful.

Jennifer Lopez

TechnologyKnowKindHelpfulStuff

There are some people, no matter what they do, it turns out badly. They have a problem: either what they do is wrong or things that happen were wrong. I was president of a company like that; it was called Grid Computer.

John Morgridge

PeopleProblemWrongMatterCompany

I believe the future of our country can be really great.

John Key

FutureGreatBelieveCountryOur

No one ever sits you down at age eight and says, 'Aminatta, this is what's happened so far.' You have to work it out for yourself, and by the time you do, it's ancient history to many of the players. We're trying to make sense of the past, so we start to excavate our memories.

Aminatta Forna

WorkAgeMemoriesHistoryTimePast

I don't feel I'm as good a mum as my mum was.

Tori Amos

GoodFeelMum

Really racing is about the horses, not me. You can't do it without the horses, and they are the big players as are the lads who look after them, and they rarely get a mention.

Tony McCoy

MeRacingYouLookWithoutBig

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

Robert Dallek

ExperienceThinkThinkingBecomeWho

You don't want to give people what they want. Give them something that they didn't know that they wanted.

Ruth Reichl

PeopleYouKnowWantSomethingGive

Lyft Line is our biggest step in bringing down prices... We've been thinking about this ever since we launched Lyft. We always intended to do it.

Logan Green

StepThinkingDownAlwaysLineBeen

To get people to switch from Google, you have to offer something twice as better. But the truth is, the world doesn't actually need better-quality search. I think we've got good enough search.

Jason Calacanis

GoodTruthPeopleWorldBetterYou

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