Author: Mark

“Smiling helps you clear the hurdles of adversity in life.”

Rishi, 39, Public Relations

“Never argue with stupid people, they will bring you down to their level and they will beat you with experience.”

Veronique, Banking

The story goes….Picasso once did a painting for an American socialite on her napkin. It was beautiful, perfect. She asked him “how much is that?” He replied “20,000 dollars” She replied, “but it only took two minutes.” He looked at her, and said, “No, it took 40 years and two minutes.”

Adam, Islington

“No one ever lay on their death bed wishing they had spent more time at work.”

 Mike Dash, Historian, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mike-Dash/e/B001HD3X2Q

“Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to  die.” Buddha

Emer, Islington

 

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the universe.” Albert Einstein

Anonymous

“Always try something- never shade.”

 Andrew K, Dating Consultant

 “I know one thing, that I don’t know anything” Socrates

 Christina, Greece

“Don’t be like the rest of them, darling.”

 Claudia, Alias, & Katherine, Journalists, Australia

“Never work with children or adults.”

Jason Shulman, Sculture Artist

“It’s just an illusion – imagination.”

Anonymous

“Knowledge proves itself in action.”

Hannes Riepler, Jazz Guitarist, http://www.hannesriepler.co.uk/

“Let the shadows fall behind you.”

Takashi, Japan

“If you tell me the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” Mark Twain

Shion, Finsbury Park

“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it!” Charles Dickens –A Tale Of Two Cities

 Ali, Lawyer

“Be nice to the driver and the driver will be nice to you.”

Anonymous

“Sometimes you meet people that are that perfect kind of person, treasure them.”

Lewis, Animator

“Take one for the team.”

 Anonymous

“Take my wine in my own cup, friend. It loses its wreath of foam when poured into that of others.” Tagore

Anonymous

“Follow your dreams- especially if you’re in a black cab!”

Ruth, Editor

“Be kind to yourself and trust your instincts.”

Hannah & Kelly, Advertising, Manchester 

“After every rejection think of improvement.”

Dr Amanda Goodall, Senior Lecturer in Management, http://www.amandagoodall.com/book.html

 

“You don’t lose, you learn.”

Jimmy, aged 9, a Muay Thai fighter

“Trust you are enough.”

 Christine

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” Rumi

Laura F

“The higher you are, the lower you get.”

Anonymous, Pakistan