Tim Blanks Quotes & Sayings

You know you've got a problem when baristas greet you by name. You know you've got another problem when it's the warmest social interaction of your day. — Lee Nichols

Sympathy is never waisted except when you give it to yourself. — John W. Roper

Insomnia doesn't let you sleep or be awake
It just makes you sick
So does LOVE — Subhasis Das

In business, I believe that if you focus only on the journey, you'll miss the whole point of the enterprise. There has to be a goal, an end game of some kind; otherwise, you're just spinning your wheels. Yes, the journey is important, but the destination is important, too. — Ivanka Trump

She met the magus's stunned look with a smile. The Thieves of Eddis have always been uncomfortable allies to the throne, Magus. There is the niggling fear that if you fall out with a Thief, he might see it as his right and responsibility to remove you. There are some checks, of course. There is only ever one Thief. They are prohibited from owning any property. Their training inevitably generates the isolation that makes them independent, but also keeps them from forming alliances that might become threats to the throne. It is not the folly you might think. — Megan Whalen Turner

Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting. — Michel Foucault