Alain de Botton Quotes

Sometimes I say to people, 'Do you think you're easy to live with?' People who are single. And the ones who say, 'Yeah, yeah, I'm pretty easy to live with; it's just a question of finding the right person,' massive alarm bell rings in my mind.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LivePeopleMindRight PersonThink

Nobody wants to get rid of their life experiences - you are who you are because of them, no matter if they're good or bad.

Jennifer Connelly

LifeGoodYouBadNobodyMatter

If we can think about not the object, but the process of creating the object, in short, we have no constraints. We have processes in our hands that allow us to create structures at all scales that at one point we couldn't even have dreamed of.

Michael Hansmeyer

ThinkProcessShortHandsCreateUs

I'm an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat in a burger and can actually name the temperature to which it was actually cooked to the degree if I'm, you know, really on my game.

Alton Brown

GameBurgerThinkNameFatYou

Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process.

Stephen King

GreatBestMoneyWritingThink

Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

Robert Duvall

WorldCameraYouLookHollywoodUp

Even parrots talk. I don't care about what they say.

Jose Aldo

CareSayTalkThey SayEvenAbout

The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.

Dolly Parton

HomeHopeMeMakeupHusbandBath

College is a magic time. Yes, you're young and fickle, but you want to be part of this college experience... Then you graduate from that. You have your first job, moving to a new city.

David Sze

TimeExperienceJobCityCollege

I think chatbots are the future of engagement between a fan and a brand or celebrity.

Christina Milian

FutureThinkBrandCelebrityFan

The laboratory where we stored all our negatives went bankrupt overnight following the Asian economic crisis in 1997. So, on short notice, we had to retrieve all the materials in the middle of the night before the debtor-receiver took over the laboratory the next morning.

Wong Kar-wai

MorningNightShortCrisisOver

We shall not be happy unless we live like good animals, unless we enjoy the exercise of the ordinary functions of life: eating, sleeping, loving, walking, running, swimming, riding, sailing.

William Morris

LifeGoodLiveHappyBe HappyEnjoy

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.

Tyrese Gibson

HandsDownI CanSayFilmMost

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