Alain de Botton Quotes

What annoys me about most self-help books is that they have no tragic sense. They have no sense that life is fundamentally incomplete rather than accidentally incomplete.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeMeNo SenseIncompleteSense

I am not by any means a philosopher, although I have worked with some talented people in the discipline. But certain philosophical concepts deeply inform the way I think about the world. The idea of 'opposing truths at extremes' is a powerful concept that I came to appreciate in my twenties.

Joe Lonsdale

DisciplineI AmPeopleWorldThink

Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more critically esteemed, the more respected. That can get frustrating.

Jennifer Weiner

WomenMenMoreFictionBiggerGet

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.

John Grisham

ChildhoodWritingStartDreamWrite

I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.'

Maxine Peake

ThinkThoughtProcessNowSometimes

Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.

Jeff Foxworthy

LifeFamousYouNothingPrepares

I don't care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody's innovations into our ecosystem together.

Masayoshi Son

TechnologyTogetherCareEmployees

Music had always been a kind of anchor for me. But I didn't write my first song till I was 35.

Mary Gauthier

MusicMeSongKindAnchorFirst

You know when you're a child and your imagination is limitless and you really believe in magic? I thought I had super powers.

Michelle Phan

ImaginationChildBelieveThought

I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good.

Moby

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I was born in Paris in the mid-1960s, and by the time I was 12 I had started going to the movies by myself. Most of the movies of that period never appealed to me. I didn't like the 'naturalism,' the sad or the 'down-to-earth' characters. What I wanted from film was fantasy, dreams, funny situations, extravagant decor - and beautiful women.

Christian Louboutin

FunnyDreamsWomenSadBeautifulMe

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.

Anthony Kiedis

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Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.

Paul Thomas Anderson

WorkLoveActorOutBecauseWell

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