Nick Hornby Quotes

Wait, I got it. We, uh, won the battle and lost the war, or was it the other way around? 'Cause around here, it's hard to tell sometimes.

There is no formula that will guarantee success in forecasting, no magic words that will part the clouds. The real problem, as the old saw puts it, is that the future lies ahead.

Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?

You never know why something works or doesn't.

We live in a bewildering world.

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.

It's a very confusing era that we're in.

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

Entrepreneurs go through real problems and come up with real solutions. It's not fake. You can do all the right things and still lose. You can do all the wrong things and still will.

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means.

The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it.

Success is difficult to define.

Life is extremely complicated.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time.

Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.

It's hard to find logic in things sometimes. That's why I can't analyze things too much, because it often doesn't make much sense.

Ultimately, it's a pretty confusing moment.

Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

I'm a walking, talking enigma.

After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.

The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions.

There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it.

If we have as a clear certainty with which to plan, total uncertainty, then that would be helpful.