Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds. Rene Daumal checkcommonconfer share on social
At some point in your life, you'll find yourself in a similar position: Surrounded by people who are smarter, faster, who have more experience and more money - and you'll just have to find a way. And you'll have to do it with passion. Kevin Plank experiencefastfind share on social
Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. H. L. Mencken baseemotionexperience Change image and share on social
I try my best to confront situations because I know, at the end of the day, you can deal with it or it will deal with you. I've had enough experience to know that that's how it goes down. There's no going around it. Jada Pinkett Smith confrontdaydeal share on social
Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does. George Packer actdemandexperience Change image and share on social
I thought I was kind of a hotshot because I had had two years of work experience at Morgan Stanley, and I was about to get my Stanford M.B.A. Frank Quattrone experiencehotshotkind Change image and share on social
Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience. Michael Eisner enlightenexperiencefail Change image and share on social
Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film. Francis Ford Coppola affaircinemaexperience Change image and share on social
What I remember about that experience is that if you went to go see ' Born On The Fourth Of July' and you happened to take a bathroom break real quick or grab some popcorn, you probably missed me. It was short, but it was memorable. Vivica A. Fox bathroombearbreak share on social
Reading asks that you bring your whole life experience and your ability to decode the written word and your creative imagination to the page and be a co-author with the writer, because the story is just squiggles on the page unless you have a reader. Katherine Paterson abilityaskauthor share on social
