Bestehen Quotes & Sayings

Our stories may not always be pleasant as they're being lived. They can in fact be just the opposite, acquiring a warm hue only in retrospect. "I think this boils down to a philosophical question rather than a psychological one," Tom Gilovich, a professor of psychology at Cornell, tells me. "Should you value moment-to-moment happiness more than retrospective evaluations of your life?" He says he has no answer for this, but the example he offers suggests a bias. — Jennifer Senior

We have a strict 'no a-hole policy' at SpaceX. And we fire people they are. I mean, we give them a little bit of warning. But if they continue to be an a-hole, then they're fired. — Elon Musk

Susan laughed. I always loved the sound of her laughter. And to have caused it was worth the west side of heaven. — Robert B. Parker

We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things. — Martin Parr

Feelings are connection. They surpass time, and find their way back to the people you love. — Hiro Mashima

The beauty of life is to be different. Set yourself apart from the crowd, and flourish into the person you were meant to be. — Julian Aguilar

Sometimes I look back and think, 'Good. I'd love to go in and bang out a good episode of 'Talk Soup' today.' — Greg Kinnear

On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely. — Melissa Etheridge

The sage shuns excess, shuns grandiosity, shuns arrogance. — Lao-Tzu