Collection of Quotes, part 1
Welcome to my eighth post in the Advent of Writing series.
Today I’ll need to do something rather quick, I don’t have time to write a full blog post. Fortunately, I have an ace up my sleeve. I’ve been collecting quotes on my phone since I was 15 or 16. Time to go through them and list a few interesting and fun ones.
If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original.
A quote from Sir Ken Robinson’s famous TED Talk. The video was apparently uploaded 18 years ago, so I wrote down the quote around that time, maybe 16 years ago. The video had a big impact on me back then, it made me confident in pursuing what I personally wanted to do and not seeking validation from others.
I’m too fucking busy, and vice versa.
By Dorothy Parker. I’ve always just found this one really hilarious. That’s why it’s on the list.
Some pursue happiness, others create it.
Origin unknown. It’s a bit cheesy, but hey, I was maybe 17 or 18 when I wrote it down. It was the first time I remember thinking more deeply about agency. I have the power to change things in my life and create them, rather than needing to chase them.
Have you ever imagined a world without hypothetical situations?
By Steven Wright. I just really enjoy paradoxes and things that seem contradictory.
A person is a person by means of other persons.
I think the origin of this one is unknown. It seems to be a paraphrase of the Ubuntu philosophy. It’s a more poetic version of the common saying “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with”.
Every day above ground is a good day.
Said by the almighty and great thinker Pitbull. And even though I’m not at all a fan of his, this is actually quite well said.
Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money.
This is by Nat Friedman (or Naval Ravikant, not sure who coined it) and is one of the later additions to my collection. I wrote it down as a reminder to myself not to be Mr. Actually-It’s-More-Complicated-Than-That guy.
And I’ll leave you with:
In theory, there’s no difference between practice and theory. In practice, there is.
- Yogi Berra