Alain de Botton Quotes

Becoming a writer wasn't a choice (there would have been far more worthwhile things to do); it was the best, most fruitful way of being a bit ill.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BestChoiceWayMoreThingsBeen

I hate reality shows that are not reality.

Joan Rivers

HateRealityReality ShowsShows

Being a model, you know, it's a short-lived vocation.

Andie MacDowell

YouKnowVocationBeingModel

The French repulsed wave after wave of frontal attacks at Dien Bien Phu. The 1968 Tet offensive against the U.S. was a military disaster that effectively destroyed the Viet Cong. But Giap persisted and prevailed.

John McCain

WaveMilitaryOffensiveAgainst

My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise, I listened to Django, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery.

Alvin Lee

KingCityKingsCountryBluesThree

You know, you're living in a society where if you say something that you might think may be OK, when it's more sensitive to that particular culture. You have to be very, very careful.

Stedman Graham

CultureSocietyThinkYouLiving

We went to labor in the fields, my wife and I, hand in hand. Scarcely were we conscious of the fatigues of the day. Heaven always blessed our toil.

Toussaint Louverture

DayWifeBlessedHeavenLaborHand

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Rita Mae Brown

CommunicationPowerMoonLanguage

It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you.

Russell Brand

BeautifulBelieve In YourselfYourself

The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father.' And you know what they say? 'I could never do that!'

Lorrie Moore

GoodFatherMotherAdviceYouKnow

I'm very good at breaking up with people. Very good. It requires a lot of skill, but what you do is you tell them the truth of why you are breaking up with them, and after that, you somehow compensate with other things. If you have loved someone, I think that somehow they should always be a part of your life. I really do.

Diane von Furstenberg

LifeGoodTruthPeopleThinkLoved

Sometimes men and women have trouble with just being vulnerable.

Chris Borland

WomenMenTroubleSometimesJust

How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.

Bryan Clay

YourselfFunYouPlaceGoReal

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