“Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That’s when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer – that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it’s work time.”
-Jo Nesbo
Napoleon Bonaparte – Death is nothing, but to…
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Ivan Illich – Healthy people are those who…
“Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying… Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die.”
-Ivan Illich
Charles C. Mann – The embrace of a new…
“The embrace of a new technology by ordinary people leads inevitably to its embrace by people of malign intent.”
-Charles C. Mann
Hugh Laurie – I never was someone who…
“I never was someone who was at ease with happiness.”
-Hugh Laurie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – However things may seem, no…
“However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure.”
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wangari Maathai – I think what the Nobel…
“I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.”
-Wangari Maathai
Norah Jones – I just want to make…
“I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.”
-Norah Jones
Ashley Benson – My beauty icon is Angelina…
“My beauty icon is Angelina Jolie.”
-Ashley Benson
Dick Gregory – In most places in the…
“In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it’s a sport.”
-Dick Gregory