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Favourite quotes?
this one really inspired me:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Mark Twain
From Stephen Hawking
10. Einstein was wrong when he said God does not play dice. Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they cant be seen.
9. I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
8. My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
7. I find that American & Scandinavian accents work better with women. In response to a question about the American accent of his synthesiser.
6. Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. In the end, however, I did put in one equation, Einsteins famous equation, E = mc2. I hope that this will not scare off half of my potential readers.
5. My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
4. To show this diagram properly, I would really need a four dimensional screen. However, because of government cuts, we could manage to provide only a two dimensional screen.
3. Life would be tragic if it werent funny.
2. The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be pinely inspired.
1. Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
10. Einstein was wrong when he said God does not play dice. Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they cant be seen.
9. I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
8. My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
7. I find that American & Scandinavian accents work better with women. In response to a question about the American accent of his synthesiser.
6. Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. In the end, however, I did put in one equation, Einsteins famous equation, E = mc2. I hope that this will not scare off half of my potential readers.
5. My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
4. To show this diagram properly, I would really need a four dimensional screen. However, because of government cuts, we could manage to provide only a two dimensional screen.
3. Life would be tragic if it werent funny.
2. The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be pinely inspired.
1. Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
I'm a quote fanatic too; I have a whole heap stuck to the edges of my mirror.
"Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
(this is one of my personal favourites)
"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play."
- Immanuel Kant
"Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me."
- Immanuel Kant
"I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about."
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
"Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone."
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
Now, I know a majority of the quotes here are quite formal and serious... so I'm going to break it up with some funny ones from my favourite show - The Mighty Boosh.
Vince Noir: Goth Juice- The most powerful hairspray known to man. Made from the tears of Robert Smith.
Howard Moon: Everything's fun for you, You see a peanut, the day's off to a good start, you witness some soil, it's a jamboree for Vince Noir.
Vince Noir: I think it's this poncho...It's impossible to be unhappy in a poncho. I'm going to get a sombrero as well... Imagine that, a poncho-sombrero combo... I'll be off my tits on happiness.
Ah, British comedy... I love you so...!
Courtenay xoxox.
"Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
(this is one of my personal favourites)
"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play."
- Immanuel Kant
"Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me."
- Immanuel Kant
"I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about."
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
"Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone."
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
Now, I know a majority of the quotes here are quite formal and serious... so I'm going to break it up with some funny ones from my favourite show - The Mighty Boosh.
Vince Noir: Goth Juice- The most powerful hairspray known to man. Made from the tears of Robert Smith.
Howard Moon: Everything's fun for you, You see a peanut, the day's off to a good start, you witness some soil, it's a jamboree for Vince Noir.
Vince Noir: I think it's this poncho...It's impossible to be unhappy in a poncho. I'm going to get a sombrero as well... Imagine that, a poncho-sombrero combo... I'll be off my tits on happiness.
Ah, British comedy... I love you so...!
Courtenay xoxox.
Some beautiful quotes from Karl Largerfeld;
"When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good."
"Love is a subject I don't analyze publicly, love is only an interesting subject when it's beyond. When it's down to earth, it ceases to become interesting. It's a very dangerous subject."
"I hate all children."
"In the old days there was luxury and no market. Today there is all market and no luxury."
"I consider myself a kind of Ferrari, so I take care of myself."
"When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good."
"Love is a subject I don't analyze publicly, love is only an interesting subject when it's beyond. When it's down to earth, it ceases to become interesting. It's a very dangerous subject."
"I hate all children."
"In the old days there was luxury and no market. Today there is all market and no luxury."
"I consider myself a kind of Ferrari, so I take care of myself."
More:
10 Things Karl Lagerfeld Could Do Without
Food.
I hate the smell of cooking. Some people love it, but I don't care for it. I don't eat sweet things. I don't eat greasy things. And I like fish better than meat. In fact, I hate meat. My doctor calls me to eat meat twice a week, as apparently we are cannibals. There used to be a Nobu here in Paris but it was very bad; it was horrible. The one one in London is great. It's my favorite restaurant in London.
Fat people.
Yes, new Russian girls are like this. But this is a subject I won't discuss. You know why? In France there are a large percentage of young girls who are overweight and less than one percent are skinny. So let's talk about the 25 percent who have a weight problem, or are overweight. We don't need to discuss the less than one percent. Anorexia is nothing to do with fashion. These Russian girls are so young. Chinese ones are skinny, too, and bony. I don't think it's a subject to discuss. And in today's world, many people take drugs, not only models, hmm? It's an unnecessary subject. Let's talk about the fat ones.
Children.
Do you ever wish you had a son to pass on your wisdom to, to continue the Chanel heritage?
That's the last thing I want. I hate all children. For other people, it's fine, but not for me. I was born not to be a family person.
Going to other places that involve people.
I live in certain isolation. I never take appointments in the morning. I leave my house only after lunch. I don't want to have a social life. I've had enough of that in my life. It's demode. It's another era. Perhaps people are still excited by that era, but not me. It's uninteresting today. It says nothing. It's boring, pretentious and vulgar...Even for charity, people get paid. I try to avoid charity. It doesn't happen for me. I'm rich enough not to have to do that. Thank God I don't have to do that. I do a lot of unnecessary things for free, but I'm very much against that. Money itself isn't interesting, the use of it is.
Going to other places, period.
Sometimes, to be inspired by things or places, it's better not to go there. You have to imagine. I imagine the world from my window. I am not a traveler. I hate it. I never look at my watch. The good thing about private jets is that you go whenever you're ready. That's the real luxury of today. In all my contracts it says, if you want me, send a private jet.
People who try to touch him.
Also I cannot go on airlines because people stare at me, you have to be touched by people. I hate that...I hate bespoke because I hate to be touched by strangers. It bores me to death.
People who try to analyze him.
Diane von Furstenberg told me she thinks you may not be the best designer aesthetically, but that you're by far the smartest.
And look at her prints, hmm? Maybe I've known her for too many years. Maybe she's right, I don't know. If she were an expert, perhaps her designs may be more impressive...I'm not a frustrated writer or architect, I'm frustrated by nothing at all, and frustration is the mother of all crimes. Ambition? I have no ambition. I just want things in a certain way...I don't want to be a teacher. I don't want to inform others through myself. In that way, it's all for myself. I'm the most selfish person in the world. Being selfish, I take care of others. My mother always used to say, "Don't sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there's nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
The nineties.
I think that Claudia Schiffer is better than ever. There are few very, very, very great girls. But it's not like in the '90s, the days of Linda Evangelista. That's demode now, that's another era. Very tacky, hmmm? On the one hand there was something intellectual going on during that time. On the other, it was just tacky. But you know, decades have a look, a mood, but that was that. We know what the '90s looked like now, but during the '90s we thought it was great perhaps...I put on weight in the early '90s because clothes were so large, then they got tighter, so I slimmed down. Never go one size ahead. Go down but not up.
Technology, the internet, etc.
I'm a computer by myself. I have a memory also for unnecessary things. Telephone numbers are a problem, but historical details are not.
Love.
Love is a subject I don't analyze publicly. Love is only an interesting subject when it's beyond. When it's down to earth it ceases to become interesting. It's a very dangerous subject. I've had so many tragedies in life, it's hard to discuss the subject.
10 Things Karl Lagerfeld Could Do Without
Food.
I hate the smell of cooking. Some people love it, but I don't care for it. I don't eat sweet things. I don't eat greasy things. And I like fish better than meat. In fact, I hate meat. My doctor calls me to eat meat twice a week, as apparently we are cannibals. There used to be a Nobu here in Paris but it was very bad; it was horrible. The one one in London is great. It's my favorite restaurant in London.
Fat people.
Yes, new Russian girls are like this. But this is a subject I won't discuss. You know why? In France there are a large percentage of young girls who are overweight and less than one percent are skinny. So let's talk about the 25 percent who have a weight problem, or are overweight. We don't need to discuss the less than one percent. Anorexia is nothing to do with fashion. These Russian girls are so young. Chinese ones are skinny, too, and bony. I don't think it's a subject to discuss. And in today's world, many people take drugs, not only models, hmm? It's an unnecessary subject. Let's talk about the fat ones.
Children.
Do you ever wish you had a son to pass on your wisdom to, to continue the Chanel heritage?
That's the last thing I want. I hate all children. For other people, it's fine, but not for me. I was born not to be a family person.
Going to other places that involve people.
I live in certain isolation. I never take appointments in the morning. I leave my house only after lunch. I don't want to have a social life. I've had enough of that in my life. It's demode. It's another era. Perhaps people are still excited by that era, but not me. It's uninteresting today. It says nothing. It's boring, pretentious and vulgar...Even for charity, people get paid. I try to avoid charity. It doesn't happen for me. I'm rich enough not to have to do that. Thank God I don't have to do that. I do a lot of unnecessary things for free, but I'm very much against that. Money itself isn't interesting, the use of it is.
Going to other places, period.
Sometimes, to be inspired by things or places, it's better not to go there. You have to imagine. I imagine the world from my window. I am not a traveler. I hate it. I never look at my watch. The good thing about private jets is that you go whenever you're ready. That's the real luxury of today. In all my contracts it says, if you want me, send a private jet.
People who try to touch him.
Also I cannot go on airlines because people stare at me, you have to be touched by people. I hate that...I hate bespoke because I hate to be touched by strangers. It bores me to death.
People who try to analyze him.
Diane von Furstenberg told me she thinks you may not be the best designer aesthetically, but that you're by far the smartest.
And look at her prints, hmm? Maybe I've known her for too many years. Maybe she's right, I don't know. If she were an expert, perhaps her designs may be more impressive...I'm not a frustrated writer or architect, I'm frustrated by nothing at all, and frustration is the mother of all crimes. Ambition? I have no ambition. I just want things in a certain way...I don't want to be a teacher. I don't want to inform others through myself. In that way, it's all for myself. I'm the most selfish person in the world. Being selfish, I take care of others. My mother always used to say, "Don't sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there's nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
The nineties.
I think that Claudia Schiffer is better than ever. There are few very, very, very great girls. But it's not like in the '90s, the days of Linda Evangelista. That's demode now, that's another era. Very tacky, hmmm? On the one hand there was something intellectual going on during that time. On the other, it was just tacky. But you know, decades have a look, a mood, but that was that. We know what the '90s looked like now, but during the '90s we thought it was great perhaps...I put on weight in the early '90s because clothes were so large, then they got tighter, so I slimmed down. Never go one size ahead. Go down but not up.
Technology, the internet, etc.
I'm a computer by myself. I have a memory also for unnecessary things. Telephone numbers are a problem, but historical details are not.
Love.
Love is a subject I don't analyze publicly. Love is only an interesting subject when it's beyond. When it's down to earth it ceases to become interesting. It's a very dangerous subject. I've had so many tragedies in life, it's hard to discuss the subject.
All I want to do is fur pants, but I know, like if I do them, I will be stoned off of Seventh Avenue, like some wanton heretic or something. So there wont be any fur pants coming down my runway. Its about women not wanting to look like cows or something.
Isaac Mizrahi (from Unzipped)
Isaac Mizrahi (from Unzipped)
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