Source: Celebrating Silence: Excerpts from Five Years of Weekly Knowledge 1995-2000
“As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?”
Ben Stiller (1965) actor, Comedian, director, writer
As quoted in "Born Funny" by Margot Dougherty in Reader's Digest (September 2007)
Context: When I didn’t have a family, I was much more of a workaholic … I still like to work, but I also want to be home with them. As you get older, you realize you need balance. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
“You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.”
Keith Richards (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones
“The older you get, the more you realize you need a handful of good, close, tight friends.”
Nicole Richie (1981) American television personality, musician, actress, and author
Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999) American singer, songwriter, and record producer
People Get Ready, performed by The Impressions, from People Get Ready (1965).
Song lyrics
“On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
“What you need isn’t always what you want.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Lini
(15 October 1994)
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Source: Horns
