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Feel Quotes by Alain de Botton
- The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other,…
- I feel that the great challenge of our time is the communication of ideas.
- Good sex isn't just fun, it keeps us sane and happy. Having sex with someone makes us feel wanted, alive and potent.
- The degree of sympathy we feel regarding another's fiasco is directly proportional to how easy or difficult it is for us to imagine ourselves, under…
- We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.
- Every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.
- It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our…
- We might have been ready to offer sympathy, but in actuality there were stronger reasons to want to congratulate her for having found such a…
- To be shown love is to feel ourselves the object of concern: our presence is noted, our name is registered, our views are listened to,…
- The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once [we soon feel ungrateful] or those who never allow us to…
- To be loved by someone is to realize how much they share the same needs that lie at the heart of our own attraction to…
- Though it may feel otherwise, enjoying life is no more dangerous than apprehending it with continuous anxiety and gloom.
- Politics is so difficult, it's generally only people who aren't quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.
- Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources.…
More Feel Quotes
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time. — J. J. Abrams
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one… — Neil Armstrong
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears. — Dave Attell
- People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure. — David Attenborough