Category: Quotes

“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing. He’s pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you’re awake. He’s making sure you’re always distracted. He’s making sure you’re fully absorbed. He’s making sure your imagination withers. Until it’s as useful as your appendix. He’s making sure your attention is always filled. And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”  – Chuck Palahniuk

“I developed a self esteem out of a couple of hard things. I knew I was a good father. I knew I was a good partner. I was good to those two people in my life. When we think about lying to people or not being good to people, we think about the harm we do to them. But we don’t think of the harm we do to ourselves. With telling ourselves who we are. If you lie to people repeatedly, you can find it hard to trust yourself. That’s who I am. I’m a liar. That’s what I do. This becomes crucial when it becomes time to make promises to yourself.” – Ta-Nahisi Coates on WTF Pod

“Fear is one of the ingredients of being a human being. I want all of the ingredients in my life. I want to be a complete and whole person. That means….sometimes being really afraid. That’s ok. It’s part of the landscape.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“I don’t give a fuck what anybody thinks. When you’re a race horse, right. The reason why they put blinders on these things is because when you look at the horse on the left or the horse on the right, you’re going to miss a step. That’s why those horses have fucking blinders on. And that’s what people should have. When you’re running after something, you should not look left or right. What does this person think. What does that person think. No. Go.”  – Jimmy Iovine, quoted from The Defiant Ones