Neil Gaiman Quotes

Politics is like roller skating. You go partly where you want to go, and partly where the damned things take you.

Life is lived on a slippery slope. You are constantly making judgements.

Our interests and our preferences may or may not be the same thing at the same time …. The unswerving pursuit of preferences over interests may compromise the advancement and protection of both.

I used to feel that I wouldn't be able to marry, since I am not a responsible person. I love two things - my work and music.

Most of us don't confront pure anything. What our life does involve is a whole lot of 60/40 and 70/30.

I will always need to compromise and make choices - you just have to work hard at making the right choice day by day.

'No' is a dynamic that you've got to master before you can ever master 'yes.'

If anything gets in the way of me being a good mom or wife, I simply say no.

Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity.

Regardless of the advertising campaigns may tell us, we can't have it all. Sacrifice is not an option, or an anachronism; it's a fact of life. We all cut off our own limbs to burn on some altar. The crucial thing is to choose an altar that's worth it and a limb you can accept losing. To go consenting to the sacrifice.

You can have it all, just not all at the same time.

You either get free stuff or you get freedom. You cannot have both and you need to make a choice.

As for money and prestige, if one has an opportunity to make money and/or advance their position or place in life there can be a lot to weigh and consider, such as responsibilities, goals and objectives etc. We all make choices, deal with our sense of priorities, principles, ethics, morals, balancing, juggling, making compromises... or not! Ha!

Say “no” only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed? Fine. Samuel Johnson said, “All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle."

You can't have everything, even in California

The only real problem in life is what to do next.

The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."

Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.

Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.

You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.

There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one.

The greater the value of what we want, the greater the sacrifice we will have to make.

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.

Don't let uncertainty talk you into pursuing a backup plan instead of your purpose.