Nasos Papadopoulos

So long as you can laugh, you will never be poor

@orphcorp yes

The value of getting what you want is knowing whether you really wanted it in the first place.

“Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” — E.B. White

Ruud Gullit on the current state of football: "Everyone is executing tasks on the pitch." Sounds familiar...

If the angle doesn't exist, invent it

J'remue le ciel, le jour, la nuit Je danse avec le vent, la pluie

@lichthauch The self slingshots the ego

Goliath trained his whole life for war and david trained his whole life for God and that's why goliath lost, you can't kill a man who isn't fighting you he's fighting for something behind you that you can't even see, goliath saw a boy david saw a mission goliath calculated odds david didn't do math, the sword is heavy because it carries the ego of the man holding it the stone is light because the boy already let go of himself before he threw it, every empire falls to something it didn't take seriously, every giant dies confused

Life is a ride, I take the front seat Highs and lows, success and defeat But all those lows they make the song sweet

“You have everything but one thing: madness. A man needs a little madness or else - he never dares cut the rope and be free.” –– Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“It takes a long time to sound like yourself.” — Miles Davis

The ones who know can't explain and the ones who explain don't know.

The only takeaway worth listening to is that there is no takeaway

@zachpogrob The only takeaway worth listening to is that there is no takeaway

"What is the message you want people to take away from you climbing that skyscraper?" "Honestly, I don't really know." [lesson there]

“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.” ― Jean Genet

“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven

What did you get done today?

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. –– J.R.R. Tolkien