Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday.

Theodor W. Adorno

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: September 11, 1903 - August 6, 1969

Topics

TimeManTomorrowWaitingFinding

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.

Joe Namath

LifePhilosophyTryingLittleGet

Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.

Jocko Willink

GoalsMotivationShortWorryYou

And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing.

Jenna Elfman

WomenCharacterTimeBirdThink

In film, there's this kind of constant fear that you're going to be doing too much. That may be an unfounded fear because I love sizable performances on film, especially when they're by performers who push the boundaries of what people deem the right kind of size.

Andrew Garfield

LoveFearPeoplePushDoingYou

Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all, indifference to general impressions and avoidance of all worldly motives, the ceasing to act, to hope, to desire.

Max Weber

HopeDesireSalvationActAboveOff

At Dell, we believe the customer is in control, and our job is to take all the technology that's out there and apply it in a useful way to meet the customer's needs.

Michael Dell

TechnologyJobControlBelieveMeet

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

Tom Brokaw

WordsJournalismCountryTragedySay

Pep Guardiola had some great clashes with Klopp in German football. They know each other well.

Roberto Firmino

GreatFootballKnowWellSomePep

I came across the Indonesian genocide in 2001, when I found myself making a film in a community of survivors. They were plantation workers, and it turned out they were struggling to organize a union.

Joshua Oppenheimer

CommunityMyselfOutWorkersFilm

I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with.

Diane Kruger

WorkLoveFunCageHeMuch

We need to have a pro-growth policy put in place that offers people hope and offers the opportunity for businesses to expand and for them to have confidence in what the world is going to look like for the next two or three or four years with respect to economic policy.

Dick Cheney

ConfidenceOpportunityHopeRespect

I've never put my hands on a woman, physically, ever.

Columbus Short

WomanHandsNeverEverPhysically

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