Quotes which stuck (May ‘23)

Alwyn Lau
1 min readMay 27, 2023

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“To photograph is to confer importance” — Susan Sontag

“I’d rather lose money havin’ fun than make money being bored” — Matthew McConaughey’s dad

“God waged and won a war against the kingdom of darkness by refusing to act violently.” — Gregory Boyd

“Friendship means little when convenient” — Koji (in John Wick 4)

“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough” — Robert Capa

“A good teacher is someone who makes ‘not knowing’ safe and exciting” — Nikayla Reize

“One of life’s machinations is to make some people both rich and unhappy, that is, jointly fragile and deprived of hope” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“When in turmoil, turn to narrative.” — Bruce Feiler

“Whether what is obvious will be understood is anything but obvious. Theology is obviously talk about God. But does it understand what it is talking about?” — Eberhard Jüngel

“The problem with many young people is that when you say anything less than being the best is failure, they believe you.” — Yours Truly

“What most people know isn’t worth knowing” — Trader saying

Earlier quotes here.

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Alwyn Lau
Alwyn Lau

Written by Alwyn Lau

Edu-trainer, Žižek studies, amateur theologian, columnist.

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