Labskaus Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes constraints actually create success. Not being able to swim made me run. And running taught me the discipline I needed as a writer. — Malcolm Gladwell

Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good. — John Bradshaw

There are so few people left alive from back then, you may as well be talking to them about the Black Death. Nobody recalls the shite in the 30s and that were fucking horrible. For Christ's sake, nobody wants to remember the shite in the 80s. It's all forgotten and swept under the rug by the newspapers and the BBC. They get nostalgic about the music, but they never want to mention the misery. It's all shite. As for the bloody Second World War, the politicians only talk about it when they need an excuse to go pissing about in one of those fucking Muslim countries. — Harry Leslie Smith

It infuriates me that stuff from the Internet routinely doesn't include all the credits. Because as soon as I listen to something, if I like it, I want to know, "Who's the bass player?" "Who did that?" "Who's the engineer on this?" — Brian Eno

In a race, what matters is not who started first, but who finished first. — Ashok Kallarakkal

Few do, at first. A small step, the one that determines destiny often is. — Christie Golden

I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely. — Rachel Kushner

Good psych should take you to a different place, be a bit disorientating and have the ability to make you wonder and perhaps make you feel the need to sit down. — Simon Price