Logo
Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. – Elizabeth Gilbert

Other quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
[O]ne of my favorite Sufi poems… says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen. – Elizabeth Gilbert

Category:
Fate
Author
Elizabeth Gilbert
Read Quote

I think its unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president. – Elizabeth Gilbert

Category:
Marriage
Author
Elizabeth Gilbert
Read Quote

Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that its actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take a nose dive from what they thought it was going to be. – Elizabeth Gilbert

Category:
Marriage
Author
Elizabeth Gilbert
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Society
category

If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, This is the way you want to be. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people. – Iain Duncan Smith

Category:
Society

Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. – Robert Bork

Category:
Society

Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage. – Karen Armstrong

Category:
Society

Its upsetting to be a man in our society. – David Mamet

Category:
Society

Random Quotes

All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. – Chief Joseph

Category:
great

Good luck beats early rising. – Proverb

Category:
Luck

Other peoples success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation. – Nicholas Hoult

Category:
Success

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. – Barbara de Angelis

Category:
Love