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Paul Valéry 89
French poet, essayist, and philosopher 1871–1945Related quotes
“Sometimes, I think Bill forgets that I am sixteen. But I am very happy that he does.”
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I'm not a very happy person," I told him."But sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I am.”
Source: Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
“Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don’t. I think it’s 50-50 maybe.”
Quoted by his biographer, Walter Isaacson http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/steve-jobs-in-the-end-he-didnt-like-the-off-switch/61586?tag=nl.e589
2010s
Context: Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don’t. I think it’s 50-50 maybe. But ever since I’ve had cancer, I’ve been thinking about it more. And I find myself believing a bit more. I kind of – maybe it’s ’cause I want to believe in an afterlife. That when you die, it doesn’t just all disappear. The wisdom you’ve accumulated. Somehow it lives on, but sometimes I think it’s just like an on-off switch. Click and you’re gone. And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices.
Source: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 16 “P.R.S. Astarte”, p. 195
Appears in Barbet Schroeder (1974), General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait.