The Thought Gang Quotes
The Thought Gang
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“No amount of intelligence can save you from stupidity.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Many of us, I suppose, see our existences not as lives, but as life-holders, zarfs, waiting for the job, the person, the event to fill it.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“I don't know why they call it life, it's just a moment with memories.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Why endure verticality when you can be horizontal?”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“The one big drawback to speaking German is that, by in large, you can only speak it with Germans.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Book-writing is always much easier in other people's lives.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Ma come tutti sappiamo, l'unico modo per risolvere un problema molto difficile.... è lasciar perdere. ( p.455)”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Attraversiamo a guado domande e risposte che ci arrivano alla cintola; hanno innondato il mondo, ce ne sono talmente tante che riuscire ad accoppiarne anche poche è già tanto. Ed è un lavoro tristemente arduo. ( p.101)”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Siamo costretti a cuocere nel brodo del nostro io, che l'aroma ci piaccia oppure no.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“The trouble with taking writing seriously, is that the more seriously you take it the harder it is to write. Possibly I take writing more seriously than any other human being that has ever lived.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Part of my procrastination was down to leaving things to the last moment in case of a civilization-spinning idea popping up after I'd started work. Of course, this envisaged procrastination might be hard to spot in my monumental laziness, like a fish's tears in an ocean.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Nice seeing you, Eddie. We must have lunch sometime.'
I've always found it curious how many people, when they are clearly in an unrivalled physical and mental state to arrange a lunch or drink, don't do so, but merely say that they should.”
― The Thought Gang
I've always found it curious how many people, when they are clearly in an unrivalled physical and mental state to arrange a lunch or drink, don't do so, but merely say that they should.”
― The Thought Gang
“Arriva il momento quando l'astuzia e la spiritosaggine sono spazzate via. Si trema all'idea che si sarà rimpinzati di finali tristi fino a farceli uscire dalle orecchie. Quelli che la gente considera finali lieti non sono, naturalmente, finali: i finali sono per definizione tristi.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
“Ma mi rendevo conto che in realtà quel che volevo non era la giovinezza, ma la pienezza della vita; volevo dei risultati, non la possibilità di ottenerli. Tornar giovane sarebbe stato troppo simile a rimettermi al lavoro. Non volevo ricominciare da capo. Sarei solo finito di nuovo a letto con l'ippopotamo. Insomma ho ottenuto un'inaspettata vittoria contro uno degli spasmi più formidabili che il cuore possa affrontare, la supplica per un'altra porzione di giovinezza. Per me, essere stato Eddy una volta basta e avanza.”
― The Thought Gang
― The Thought Gang
