If you're only ten feet above, then you're better than when you're on the ground. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you… — Robert Greene 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
In the opening stage of most careers any attention is what you want, any attention is good attention, even if it's bad… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Sadness of any sort is also seductive, particularly if it seems deep-rooted, even spiritual, rather than needy or pathetic—it makes people come… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you're going to get it. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'm probably, if I might, if I stray I might write, go into screenplay or do something in film. Something like that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I make non-fiction partly because I'm not that good of a writer. My talent, if I have any, is in balancing, capturing… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have an argument that to master any field, it's simple: it's a function of time. How much you devote yourself to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you are interested in a form of science or interested in a particular kind of business or whatever - or if… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There is something I call social intelligence. You can do a lot in life on your own and you can do all… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If marriage isn't something for me, but I like living with someone or being committed, I can choose this other path as… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You're always feeling powerless in life. If you're in an abusive relationship or working for what we call a psychotic boss sometimes… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're just letting the time pass at your job, it's just dead time and you'll never get it back. If at… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual — the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I just think there's something in the non-fiction form that allows you to see things clearly, if you're patient. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You can't disengage yourself from that game if you are completely unaware of what people out there might be doing, you're just… — Robert Greene 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 whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The problem is the book business is changing so we're in a difficult moment now and if the business model is changing,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you love music and it requires hours of practice that can be boring, you can survive the boredom, you're not going… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A lot of people in college go astray because they choose something that doesn't really, really connect to them. And if it… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Even if it's a "talking head documentary" about a social movement or something along those lines, I've always thought of editing the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you have millions and millions of dollars, you're living in a totally different world. You don't feel it anymore and you've… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You're not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don't love what you're doing. If it's not something that excites… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're meant to do something like writing and you end up going into banking or finance, your going to be miserable.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have sort of issues with my claustrophobia where being on an airplane or if I force myself, to put myself in… — 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
If you want to be powerful in life you have to enjoy the process. You have to get pleasure out of making… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're in your early twenties, don't put so much importance on the money, on the raise. Getting an extra thousand dollars… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you are armed with knowledge, if you are aware that certain dynamics are at play then you have options. You can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're not careful people will judge you based on these appearances and they will pigeon hole you that this is the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If we were controlling the performance, we never would have had someone push a button to make the pellet stove come on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Let me spell it out: with the psychotic boss, nothing you do is ever quite right. They set traps, asking you to do things,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Everybody knows what they were kind of drawn towards or what they're gifted at and it's more of courage and looking at yourself and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could… — 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 it's troublesome… — Robert Greene 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 attention or… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
