Charlie Brooker Quotes

If it has a shelf life longer than you, don't eat it.

There's something about most phobias where there's a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.

I am very indecisive. I'm always afraid of making the wrong decision.

I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.

For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.

There may be no less original idea than the notion that our hearts hold dominion over our heads.

I've always been more comfortable making my decisions from the subconscious level, or more emotionally, because I find it is more truthful to me; Intellectually, I don't think like that because I get uncomfortable.

We all have insecurities, and the thing that makes them crippling is that we all have the ability to blow them up into such huge issues in our minds, that we might as well have a facial deformity. It keeps us from really going out there and living our lives, and forgetting about hating yourself and just experiencing the world around you.

I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.

One thing that I've learned about myself is I have to trust what I see. And that maybe sounds silly, but there's things that I feel or see during a game that, you know, I used to explain it as I have an angel on one shoulder that's telling me to run the play and the devil on the other shoulder that's telling me really what I should do.

FoodSaver containers extend the life of my food so I can have fresh food ready all week long.

You wouldn't believe how many philosophers are afraid of movement.

I think more from my heart. My brains don't work as much.

Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.

I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.

I start to get the feeling that something is really wrong.

I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and it said on the packet 'Best Before End...'

Write about the thing that frightens you most.

The debate was wearing me out. Once you've posed that question, it won't go away. I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't. Anything I thought or did was immediately drawn into the debate. Made a stupid remark--why not kill myself? Missed the bus--better put an end to it all. Even the good got in there. I liked that movie--maybe I shouldn't kill myself.

One reason people never attempt new things is their fear of failure.

I don't have confidence in my instincts, and I feel like I have to go through a very right-brain and left-brain process.

Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos. Between them, they have ensured that I shall work hard, but they cannot ensure that one shall work at anything worthwhile.

I'm a war of head versus heart, it's always this way. My head is weak, my heart always speaks, before I know what it will say.

I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that is when I have gone wrong.

Leftovers make you feel good twice. First, when you put it away, you feel thrifty and intelligent: 'I'm saving food!' Then a month later when blue hair is growing out of the ham, and you throw it away, you feel really intelligent: 'I'm saving my life!'