You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
Carlisle Floyd
To remember my values, I need to lose certain tastes and find other handles for the memories that they once helped me carry.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Once I'd reached the point where I could squirrel away more than 30 digits a minute in memory palaces, I still only sporadically used the... →
Joshua Foer
The 'OK Plateau' is that place we all get to where we just stop getting better at something. Take typing, for example. You might type and... →
Once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today.
Today we read books 'extensively,' often without sustained focus, and with rare exceptions we read each book only once. We value quantity of... →
If you come every day or every month to my studio, you won't see that much change, but if you come once a year, you'll see big new categories... →
Caio Fonseca
I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that's what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed... →
Betty Ford
Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.
Gerald R. Ford
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is:... →
John Ford