Alain de Botton Quotes

Art can do the opposite of glamourise the unattainable: it can show us anew the genuine merit of life as we're forced to lead it. It is advertising for the things we really need.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeArtAdvertisingGenuineNeed

One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk.

Jennifer Doudna

LeadershipChangeWomenWalkWorld

I met my boyfriend, a pro poker player, at a tournament. He tried to dissuade me because it's a seedy gritty world. Listen, I've played till 4 in the morning. I've played with a half million dollars on the table.

Jennifer Tilly

MorningMeWorldTableListenPoker

I like to believe that rather than destroy icons, I make new ones.

Andres Serrano

BelieveNewDestroyLikeRather

Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.

John Ortberg

WordsGenerositySharingLikeThan

Economically Targeted Investing, or ETI, refers to the practice of selecting investments, in part, for their collateral benefits in addition to the investment return for the retirement plan.

Tom Perez

PracticeRetirementPlanInvestment

They decided to no longer air my messages on 'The Hour of Power.' They felt they could have greater impact if they had lots of different preachers. 'The Hour of Power' owns the Crystal Cathedral, and the owners, in effect, evicted me... so that they could have other preachers on Sunday mornings.

Robert A. Schuller

PowerMeImpactSundayCrystalAir

At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and compulsory cap and - if I'd done well enough to earn the honour in last week's test - with a First World War medal on a striped ribbon pinned to my brown blazer. I must have looked like a chocolate soldier.

Ronald Frame

AgeWarWorldChocolateEnoughWeek

I don't think I hate any food trends.

Ruth Reichl

FoodHateThinkTrendsAny

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

LifeChanceFeelYouReadyNever

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

CrimeVirtueSuccessfulFortunate

I'm not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.

Jason Momoa

BetterDoingMoreAnythingBigJust

While we can remember the past, we cannot write the future. Only our children, the future of our community, can do that.

Jonathan Sacks

FutureCommunityChildrenPastWrite

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