The name we give to something shapes our attitude to it.
Attitude Quotes
No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of […]
I shall continue to be an impossible person so long as those who are now possible remain possible.
Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.
It’s easy to grin when your ships come in and you’ve got the stock market beat, but the man worth while is the man who can smile when his pants are too tight in the seat. (Judge Smails)
I’d rather have a player with 50% ability and 100% desire because the guy with 100% desire you know is going to play every day so you can make the system to fit into what he can do. The other guy – the guy with 100% ability and 50% desire – can screw up your […]
This is my “depressed stance.” When you’re depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you’ll start to feel better. If you’re going to get any joy out of being depressed, you’ve got to stand like this.
Agreement makes us soft and complacent; disagreement brings out our strength. Our real enemies are the people who makes us feel good so that we are slowly but inexorably pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.
