If you're in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what's going on around you. — Robert Greene Business Copy Share Image
I exercise a lot and I love it. I'm fine. But you know, I'd like to be alive in ten years, that'd… — Robert Greene Alive Copy Share Image
When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all. — Robert Greene Failure Copy Share Image
The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Pool, it became clear to me, is all about angles. First, there are simple angles, as you must hit the cue ball… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Understand: we live in the world of a sad separation that began some five hundred years ago when art and science split… — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
Remind yourself that winning an argument or proving your point really gets you nowhere in the long run. Win through your actions,… — Robert Greene Argument Copy Share Image
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The Nihilistic Troll might pretend to be acting in the service of some cause or leader, but don't be fooled. The cause… — Robert Greene Acting Copy Share Image
When I think about the new film, I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it… — Robert Greene Behavior Copy Share Image
Life goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a job that you hate, that… — Robert Greene Creative Copy Share Image
My greatest wish is that a certain way of looking at the world, a way I show in all of my books,… — Robert Greene Book Copy Share Image
Deceiving world, that with alluring toysHast made my life the subject of thy scorn,And scornest now to lend thy fading joys,T'outlength my… — Robert Greene Alluring Copy Share Image
I want my movies to play in movie theaters. While festivals can fulfill a part of that, there's nothing like getting a… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
No one's really taking it seriously enough, being more kind of careful and cautious in planning your life out and trying to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in… — Robert Greene Acquisition Copy Share Image
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance. The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments.… — Robert Greene Acceptance of others Copy Share Image
“There is an art to asking for help, an art that depends on your ability to understand the person you are dealing… — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
You want attention, you want to grab some of that airspace that exists out there in a world that's very difficult to… — Robert Greene Attention Copy Share Image
“Among his various possible beings each man always finds one which is his genuine and authentic being. The voice which calls him… — Robert Greene Career Copy Share Image
“Let us call this quality the Original Mind. This mind looked at the world more directly—not through words and received ideas. It… — Robert Greene Memory Copy Share Image
“LAW 46 Never Appear Too Perfect Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The pyramid would start at the bottom: you don't know who you are or what you're intended to do in life. And… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when… — Robert Greene Art Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go… — Robert Greene Classical music Copy Share Image
Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Your work is the single greatest means at your disposal for expressing your social intelligence. — Robert Greene Intelligence Copy Share Image
If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
To hold an idea and convince ourselves we arrived at it rationally, we go in search of evidence to support our view. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I don't want to throw mud at anyone - I really admire Gandhi as a brilliant strategist - but Gandhi was pretty… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways. — Robert Greene Creative Copy Share Image
Your life must be a progression towards ownership - first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what… — Robert Greene Freedom Copy Share Image
Once people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think. — Robert Greene Prison Copy Share Image
The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable. — Robert Greene America Copy Share Image
We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It's experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to… — Robert Greene Education Copy Share Image
As social animals we humans are very sensitive to our rank and position within any group. We can measure our status by… — Robert Greene Animals Copy Share Image
