Brisyn Quotes & Sayings

To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul. — Victor Hugo

I'm not quite as buoyant as I was in my youth. — Malcolm McDowell

The day you were born the angels whispered, "She is going to love him until the day she dies. — Amanda Mosher

I was used to being the smartest guy in the room, and then God dropped me in a place that was well beyond me. It was painfully awesome. — Matt Chandler

Short-term performance envy causes many of the shortcomings that lock most investors into a perpetual cycle of underachievement. Watch your competitors not out of jealousy but out of respect and focus your efforts not on replicating others' portfolios but on looking for opportunities where they are not. The only way for investors to significantly outperform is to periodically stand far apart from the crowd, something few are willing, or able, to do. — Seth Klarman

We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens - like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It's never entirely clear what this is supposed to mean. Are we supposed to believe that before the Athenians, it never really occurred to anyone, anywhere, to gather all the members of their community in order to make joint decisions in a way that gave everyone equal say? — David Graeber

I do love improvisation, I love when I find an object in my studio or kitchen (look, a tea sample's tiny glass jar!) and instantly incorporate it in a project. It makes me feel creative on an every day basis. — Signe Baumane