"American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is."

-- Lorraine Hansberry

#Thinking Quotes #Disarming Quotes

“People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves”

Source : Ernest Becker (1997). “The Denial of Death”, p.158, Simon and Schuster
“Happiness is overrated and money can't justify it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“No animal, according to the rules of animal-etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter.”
“What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong.”
“Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion; today is special.”
“I have been accused of something I'm not guilty of. How do you prove a negative? No matter what we discuss here today, I'm never going to have my name restored. But I've got to try and set the record straight.”
“I don't think journalists in World War II were objective about the Nazis, and I don't think they should have been.”

Source : "Restrepo co-directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington". Interview with Christopher Kompanek and Chris Kompanek, www.avclub.com. June 25, 2010.
“Sourav is a very positive captain. Whatever his personal form, whatever the media writes about him, he has always been strong, focused and aggressive. Perhaps these are the qualities that make him India's most successful captain.”

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