What did David Mitchell mean by: We are only what we know, and I wished to be so much more than I was, sorely. - David Mitchell Novelist · England Copy
+ clocks in disagreement are worse than no clock at all. Feraz Zeid, June 4, 2023December 12, 2023, David Mitchell, Clock, Disagreement, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
+ Good moods’re as fragile as eggs…Bad moods’re as fragile as bricks. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Mitchell, Bad Mood, Bricks, Eggs, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
+ The human world is made of stories, not people. Feraz Zeid, August 6, 2023December 12, 2023, David Mitchell, Stories, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
+ The earth’s a door if you press your ear against it. Feraz Zeid, September 24, 2023December 26, 2023, David Mitchell, Doors, Ears, Earth, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
+ False modesty can be worse than arrogance. Feraz Zeid, November 3, 2023December 26, 2023, David Mitchell, Arrogance, Modesty, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
+ …there ain’t no journey what don’t change you some. Feraz Zeid, October 20, 2023December 26, 2023, David Mitchell, Journey, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
+ Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don’t respect cowards. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Mitchell, Coward, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
+ I can write pretty much anywhere. Feraz Zeid, June 6, 2023December 12, 2023, David Mitchell, Writing, 0 - David Mitchell Novelist · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
