Astrid Krieger Quotes

#1. There's a chasm between envy and desire. Envy is like wanting something that's not yours. But desire is different. Desire comes out of wanting what is yours, and still wanting it even if it's not yet there, but it's not envy.

Michka Assayas

#2. You're a real firecracker, Astrid, aren't you? Firecracker is what people in certain social circles say when what they really mean is asshole.

David Iserson

#3. The world turned and flung me.

David Iserson

#4. I had never owned a pair of jeans, and I didn't plan on it. I'm not a cowboy, a farmer, or a 1950s greaser.

David Iserson

#5. Fungi are the interface organisms between life and death.

Paul Stamets

#6. Don't ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure.

Joe Maddon

#7. Such was the nature of obsessions: no quarter given for the human cost.

Alastair Reynolds

#8. ... then he sat on his bed and for a fraction of a second the shadows retreated and he had a fleeting glimpse of reality. He felt dizzy and he closed his eyes. Without knowing it he fell asleep.

Roberto Bolano

#9. Computers can bully us. A slow and unreliable system will bring even the toughest soul to their knees as they find themselves completely defenseless against the erratic whims of their rogue machine.

Lou Ferrigno

#10. I'm not most people. I have no patience for those who can't execute a plan with elegance.

David Iserson

#11. Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding.

Steve Maraboli