Quotes About Simplicity

Love is supposed to be convenient. It's supposed to be easy. Don't they say that in First Corinthians?" He held me close against him again. "It's real. It's convenient. It's perfect

The dead end was considered a plus because we could play in the road without getting run over. Sometimes I envy the children today with all their tae kwon do, psychotherapy, and language immersion, but at the same time, I appreciate that back then being little meant you really didn't have to do anything but stay alive and have fun.

Still, the truth is that there was nothing extra. If my childhood were a sandwich, there would be no meat hanging off the bread. We had what we needed and nothing more. "And nothing less,

God is simple. It is only man which is an obscure darkness." Reb Isaac threw him an approving glance. But David said, "I feel that nothing is simple, and nothing obscure. Only thought makes it so, and often I am weary of thinking.

The Coffeehouse Investor by Bill Shultheis (Kirkland, WA: Palouse Press, 2005). A little book with a big message: How to invest simply and successfully.

The last suit we wear doesn't need any pockets.

never paralyzed by the need to judge and to compare. They don't dwell on the fact that today's walk isn't as nice as yesterday's, or this forest isn't as interesting as the one they were in last week.

They love being wherever they are. The reason, and it is a great lesson, is no doubt that they are perfectly content to be who they are, without torturing themselves with alternatives: They love being dogs.

Occam's razor or the law of parsimony, which states that when two theories compete to explain an unknown phenomenon we should err on the side of the simpler explanation.

Sometimes all it takes to be happy is a dime on the sidewalk.

A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds.

I had to come here to realise the full stature of men: here outside a grass hut, on a rough wooden bench, with no noise, no crowds, no appointments, no axe to grind, no secret to conceal, all the space and time in the world, and my heart as translucent as the glass of tea in my hand. The sense of affinity with these men is so strong that I would tear down every building in the West if I thought it would bring us together like this.

It's amazing how two simple objects can make your day.

I think it's a thing in France, and I think you see it a little bit in Spain with Atletico: the countries and the cities just absolutely love their football. It's not because they're just marketing geniuses; it's because they've made it simple.

A lot of people say when you get a short life span you want to go out and do all of this crazy stuff like go bungee jumping and travel to exotic places. But you just want to live.

For me, whether it's in a book or on T.V., a recipe has to be simple. I have a short attention span, so to open a cookbook and see a recipe that goes on for three to four pages, well, I've lost interest.

If you can present your case clearly and visually, anyone can understand it. No one has an attention span.

Spare functional furniture, in my opinion, is the genius of 20th-century design.

Even though I don't have a lot of spare time, what I do have I'm very protective of, and so I make sure to have a normal life and to remember that, while it's important to keep in mind these conflicts are ongoing, it's also important to enjoy simple pleasures, too.

The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy.

Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.

Music should resonate with people on an emotional level. That's one of the criterions I use for an idea. Does it speak simply and directly without obfuscation and without being unnecessarily complex or obscure?

I try to speak in a way that people can understand.

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.