Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Quotes & Sayings

The recipe for a long, happy life:
consult with old philosophers and young doctors,
consort with old friends and young women. — Arthur C. Clarke

Our culture has kind of let the concept of the Renaissance Man die out. We don't really tell the kids that it's okay to bounce around the world, work odd jobs, and do six different things. — Ronan Farrow

Like with anything, good writing suggest itself pretty strongly. — Martin Freeman

Mackenzie, the truth shall set you free and the truth has a name; he's over in the woodshop right now covered in sawdust. Everything is about him. And freedom is a process that happens inside a relationship with him. Then all that stuff you feel churnin' around inside will start to work its way out. — Wm. Paul Young

Do we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet. — William Boyd

They're my best friends, I'm going to know them until the day I die. — Melina Marchetta

You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in. — Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Don't sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want. — James Altucher

Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker. — Seamus Heaney

I hope my work contributes to understanding long-term patterns of human behavior and how we survive, thrive, or fail during times of environmental, social, and economic crisis. — Sarah Parcak