"The bullshitter is neither on the side of the true or the side of the false. His eye is not on the facts at all. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are."

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Source : Harry G. Frankfurt (2009). “On Bullshit”, Princeton University Press

Harry Frankfurt

#Liars Quotes #Lying Quotes #Eye Quotes

“People are born to be free; it's a gift from God.”
“I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 13, 2013.
“Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.”
“Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.”

Source : "Sheryl Sandberg Is Half Right" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 13, 2013.
“Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?”
“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.”

Source : Joanna Macy (1983). “Despair and personal power in the nuclear age”, New Society Pub
“The bottom had arrived. She crashed against it, but it brought no sense of closure or understanding. She just lay there at the bottom looking up. She knew there must be a very tiny circle of light up there somewhere, but just now she couldnâ€™t see it.”
“Constantly take inventory of what's important to you.”

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