Janovsky Associates Quotes & Sayings

The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forced
by what? By a system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix. — Erich Fromm

It's never too late for those whose time has come. — Bertolt Brecht

The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. — Arthur Conan Doyle

In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life. — Twyla Tharp

Thus the time we are given is not brief, but we make it so. We do not lack time; on the contrary, there is so much of it that we waste an awful lot. — Seneca.

I had the luxury of knowing what I wanted to do. So I just sat on the bed and came up with a plan for myself:
"I have to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. But I don't have the confidence to do a production there because I've never gone before, and I don't even know how to get there or what to do once I get there. So I will just act as if I do have the confidence to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. I'll just borrow confidence from a future version of myself. Once I've been to the Edinburgh Fringe and performed a show there, then I will have the confidence to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. I will go to the bank manager of confidence (in some part of my brain) and I will borrow that confidence from the future, and then I can wear it like a cloak, and I will talk to everyone with this confidence."
It was out there as a concept, but it worked. — Eddie Izzard

I usually wait until I get on the bus, when I'm done with media and I get to sit down and listen to my music and just read through everyone's messages. — Eddie Lacy

The true voyage of discovery is not a journey to a new place; it is learning to see with new eyes. — Marcel Proust