Quotes About Simplicity

fazia-mos coisas muito simples, como atirar estrelas-do.mar ao mar ou partilhar um hambúrguer, e já nessa altura eu sabia que era uma afortunada. Eras o primeiro tipo que não estava sempre a tentar impressionar-me. Aceitaras-te como eras, mas, mais do que isso, aceitavas-me por aquilo que eu era. O que importava era só nós os dois.

My dad, unlike most of humanity, had no secrets at all. He had no hidden vices, no diaries, no embarrassing interests, no box of private things he kept all to himself. I found nothing that further enlightened me about his inner life, nothing that might help me understand him after he was gone. My dad, I knew then, was just as he'd always seemed to be, and I suddenly realised how much I admired him for that.

Mount Carmel was a very monastic place. We lived in another time - an easier time, a better time. We didn't have running water or most modern conveniences. But in a lot of ways, it was a very satisfying life.

I don't have ambitions to be a movie star or multi-millionaire.

Some filmmakers are great at making complex things and films with a lot of moving parts, and I'm just not that way.

I mow my own lawn.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

I still think I'm playing back home in the street in my town with my mates. That's why I love the game, and mostly, I don't pay too much attention to social media or look at stuff that's out there.

I grew up in a house made out of mud.

I thought 'Mud' would be such an easy film for people to understand.

I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS.

Aerodynamics is mathematics for those who haven't learned to do calculus. In my case, too, for one who hasn't learned to add or multiply, at least the first time.

I'm not good at multitasking.

I think the charm that 'Take Me Out' has, is that your mum and dad can watch, understand and enjoy it, students can understand it and you can watch it with your friends.

I want to elevate the mundane.

I use very few muscles at the best of times.

I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear.

Being a three piece, maybe it's easier. You only have two other guys, musically, and everything else to contend with and work with.

What is a farm but a mute gospel?

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!

My motto now is eat to live. Not live to eat.

My soul desires a pre-industrial world, and since I can't have that, I don't really care for anything material.

I don't like to attach myself to material things.