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B. C. Forbes Quotes

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: scottish
Birth: May 14, 1880 - May 6, 1954

Topics

Business Results Automobile Driven

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

Anger Smart People Sick American

The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and our children are to be happy all the time is toxic, and I think that really gets in the way of emotional well-being.

Children Time Happy People Be Happy

I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.

Woods Lake Feeling Smell Up Grew

When I released 'Songs From My Bedroom'... that's the one that people started actually listening to.

People Listening Bedroom Started

I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.

Love Music Singing Songwriting Would

I'd love to go back to Europe in the '20s and '30s, for the beginning of the Psychoanalytic Movement, and Freud and Jung, and all that was going on with discoveries in quantum physics. The whole nature of reality was changing and being challenged.

Nature Love Beginning Reality Back

I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare.

Down Write Keep Stuff Notebook Ever

I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.

Work People Pressure Feel You Play

I was a troublemaker. For a long time, I didn't fit in.

Time Long Long Time Fit Troublemaker

In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy.

Sebastian Faulks

Good Sad Food Beginning Long Get

It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.

Love Doing Enough What You Love You

We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States.

Same Europe Same Thing Played States

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