To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet. – Karl Jaspers
The inside of a house or apartment after decluttering has much in common with a Shinto shrine… a place where there are no unnecessary things, and our thoughts become clear. – Marie Kondo
Somehow, magically, I’ve become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise. – Moby
Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler with four eyes. – Leon Edel
I was interested in maintaining the dignity and the hearts of the songs, letting them breathe and become what they are. – Ryan Cabrera
There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won’t become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions. – Rahman Baba
I think if I hadn’t become a sociologist, I would have become very anti-intellectual. – Pierre Bourdieu
People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist. – Robert Mankoff
I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn’t really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going. – Richard Branson
Once you become known for one thing, it’s easy to become known for a second thing, a third thing, and a fourth thing. – Robert Scoble