Alain de Botton Quotes

At 'The School of Life', we take seriously anything that has to do with human fulfilment - and take note wherever insight on this subject can be found.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeSchoolSeriouslyInsightHuman

I'm good with a script.

Mayim Bialik

GoodScript

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

John Mellencamp

WorkGreatGreat ThingsKnowSay

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

Robert Goulet

HeartSpecialSomethingGutsHeHad

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

Jean Rostand

BeautyArtNothingUglinessOften

My philosophy is if you're going to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for not a whole lot of money, why work for someone you're not gonna be loyal to?

Stephanie Cutter

WorkMoneyDaySomeoneWeekYou

I may not be the number one movie star, or my films might not be doing too good. I am grateful for what life has offered me. I have got a great family, parents are together, have a great sister, I get to holiday. All these things make me grateful towards life, for everything. I always say - have an attitude of gratitude.

Sonam Kapoor

LifeFamilyGoodAttitudeGratitude

Sometimes, my mouth can get the better of me.

Rodrigo Duterte

MeBetterMouthSometimesGet

I don't spend any time thinking about my place in history, ever. If people say I changed things, it's nice, and I take it - but if I could give it to a charity it would be useful. I really believe now that my only job in life is to achieve a state of comfort and happiness.

Russell Simmons

LifeHappinessHistoryTimeJob

Jimmy Carter was unquestionably the most moral president of my lifetime, but he wasn't much of a president.

Molly Ivins

MoralPresidentLifetimeMostHe

People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school.

Jason Biggs

DaySchoolPeopleMeNextSee

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.

Dorothy Thompson

FearTruthFindNothingOutAnalyze

I would love to be in a zone concept every once in a while. Probably later on in my career.

Chris Harris, Jr.

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