Gregory Blotnick
On Stories
"You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."
On Discipline
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves.”
On Asceticism
“To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.“
On Duality
“A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very, very dangerous man who has that under voluntary control.”
On America
“If you want to tell me that progress is a myth, shit, I won’t argue with you.”
On Friendship
"Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I’ve ever thought I’d have."
On Bullshit
“You’ve done everything, been through it all. What’s life all about? What’s the answer?”
On the Legal System
“…in between dodging pitfalls and landmines, you get used to the fact that you have entered a system driven almost entirely by politics and incentives.”