Alain de Botton Quotes

Small issues are really just large ones that haven't been accorded the requisite attention.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SmallAttentionBeenJustIssues

It was one of my dreams as a child, growing up in my little village with my cousins. We used to walk together, and I used to say, when you look at the world map, 'This town is there, that town is there, that river is there.' I used to say, 'One day, I'm going to travel these places.'

Jimmy Cliff

DreamsWalkDayTogetherTravel

I say 'I love you' to my daughters every day.

Amy Chua

LoveI Love YouDayYouEvery Day

I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place.

Sophia Bush

EducationLearningSchoolHigh School

I'm not that musical. I don't really know how a record is produced, and, funnily enough, I don't want to.

Simon Cowell

EnoughKnowWantHowRecordReally

I love being onstage, I love getting applause, and I love the love that comes across the footlights. It's so much a part of what I do and what I've done most of my life.

Rita Moreno

LifeLoveMy LifeDoneBeingMost

I never want to be a film director - I want to be a teacher.

Rithy Panh

TeacherWantNeverDirectorFilm

Don't underestimate questions from the crowd; technology has made voters more informed than ever.

Ron Fournier

TechnologyQuestionsUnderestimate

This Obamacare program has Obama's name on it. He lied to people for three years about this program. People trusted him. People believed what he told them. They believed that he was going to improve the health care system in this country, and it was going to get cheaper, more affordable, more plentiful.

Rush Limbaugh

HealthPeopleCareNameCountryHim

The history of thought, of knowledge, of philosophy, of literature seems to be seeking, and discovering, more and more discontinuities, whereas history itself appears to be abandoning the irruption of events in favor of stable structures.

Michel Foucault

KnowledgeHistoryThoughtLiterature

With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.

Jonathan Groff

CharacterEmpathyFeelWantFirst

It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be expanded so that the government can continue to participate in this vital research and provide hope to the millions of Americans with diseases that might be cured.

Dianne Feinstein

HopeGovernmentResearchWillLines

Those who want things always to stay the same are not living in the real world.

Anna Wintour

WorldWantLivingRealSameAlways

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