Gina Bria Quotes & Sayings

People tend to help others just so that they can feel are better than they really are. — Paulo Coelho

It was easier to come to maturity when there were more well-defined philosophical options. — David Brooks

Boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson in your life
... the lesson of your utter insignificance. It is valuable to you, as well as to those you are to rub shoulders with. 'You are finite,' time tells you in a voice of boredom, 'and whatever you do is, from my point of view, futile.' As music to your ears, this, of course, may not count; yet the sense of futility, of limited significance even of your best, most ardent actions is better than the illusion of their consequence and the attendant self-satisfaction. — Joseph Brodsky

The only thing left to do was sleep. That was the only way I could escape. — Riley J. Ford

Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative. — Harold Geneen

I think that the loss of confidence in yourself to make good music is what being jaded is. — Howard Lawrence

Thus Time, and all-states-ordering Ceremony
Had banished all offense: Time's golden thigh
Upholds the flowery body of the earth
In sacred harmony, and every birth
Of men and actions makes legitimate,
Being used aright. The use of time is Fate.

---From "Hero and Leander, Sestiad III — Christopher Marlowe

Whenever you squander attention on something that doesn't put your brain through its paces and stimulate change, your mind stagnates a little and life feels dull. — Winifred Gallagher