English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Alain de Botton Quotes

The price we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is a perpetual anxiety that we are far from being all we might be.

Alain de Botton

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

W. Somerset Maugham quote: "No egoism is so insufferable as the Christian with regard to..."
No egoism is so insufferable as the Christian with regard to his soul. W. Somerset Maugham
John Templeton quote: "Work at being a humble person."
Work at being a humble person. John Templeton
Voltaire quote: "To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away..."
To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart. Voltaire
Hippocrates quote: "Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases."
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. Hippocrates
Spike Milligan quote: "How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven."
How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven. Spike Milligan
William Butler Yeats quote: "Cast a cold eyeon life, on death. Horseman pass by"
Cast a cold eyeon life, on death. Horseman pass by William Butler Yeats
The symptoms of fascist thinking are colored by environment and adapted to immediate circumstances. But always and everywhere they can be identified by their appeal to prejudice and by the desire to play upon the fears and vanities of different groups in order to gain power. Henry A. Wallace
I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class. Tina Turner
Sylvia Plath quote: "Szeretnk szeretni valakit, mert szeretnm, ha szeretnnek."
Szeretnk szeretni valakit, mert szeretnm, ha szeretnnek. Sylvia Plath
We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library, whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different languages. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend but only dimly suspects. Albert Einstein
Francois Mauriac quote: "We know well only what we are deprived of."
We know well only what we are deprived of. Francois Mauriac
Charles Schumer quote: "In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die."
In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die. Charles Schumer
Trey Anastasio quote: "My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from..."
My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol. Trey Anastasio
Theater is just so much more satisfying than film or television just because you deliver the whole thing from start to finish in one evening, and you can tell if people have enjoyed it or not. That's great to do every night to go in front of a full room of people and tell the story. There's nothing like that really. Jonny Lee Miller
Michael Pitt quote: "It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family,..."
It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up. Michael Pitt