franky’s most recent Quotables

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.

You don't learn a language, you get used to it.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Think highly of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.

Being able to be with small children teaches us how to deal with adults who act like babies.

There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full."

You aren’t in total control of your life, but there is a nice big chunk of your life over which you have complete authority―beat that part to a pulp

Once upon a time, love and friendship met. Love asked, Why do you exist when I already exist? Friendship smiled and said,To put a smile where you leave tears

Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.

The keys to life are running and reading. [...] For reading: there have been gazillions of people that have lived before all of us. There's no new problem you could have - with your parents, with school, with a bully. There's no new problem that someone hasn't already had and written about it in a book.

Never Lie, Steal, Cheat or Drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arm of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death and If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

We’re so caught up in trying to do everything, experience all the essential things, not miss out on anything important...We can’t read all the good books, watch all the good films, go to all the best cities in the world, try all the best restaurants, meet all the great people...Life is better when we don’t try to do everything. Learn to enjoy the slice of life you experience, and life turns out to be wonderful.