Bradley Haering > Bradley's Quotes

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

“I never allow myself to hold an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do”
― Charlie Munger

“Hell is—other people!”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

“Michelangelo was asked by the pope about the secret of his genius, particularly how he carved the statue of David, largely considered the masterpiece of all masterpieces. His answer was: “It’s simple. I just remove everything that is not David.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder

“During the Vietnam War... every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high.”
― Kurt Vonnegut