"The pathology is to want control, not that you ever get it, because of course you never do."

-- Gregory Bateson

#Want Quotes #Pathology Quotes

“Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it.”
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”

Source : Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.538, Best Books on
“The only reason people work for airlines is because the Nazi party is no longer hiring.”
“It's so much easier to do it right than to do it wrong.”
“I always challenged men, you know, in foot races or whatever as a kid growing up, because it was a way of pushing myself and challenging myself against the best - but you have to know and accept that men are born with testosterone. You can beat them for so long, but eventually theyâ€™ll catch up.”

Source : "'It’s Hucking Yourself Downhill Super-Fast'". Interview with Ian Gordon, www.motherjones.com. December 30, 2013.
“...religion either produces the very best people or the very worst.”
“I walked away from this movie thinking how important it is to have a genuine selfless love for your children. You can really mess kids up if you don't have the right kind of love for them.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“I make my own surprises and I'm always surprised to see what I do, to see it when it's finished and the biggest challenge is once I finish it, it's not a failure. It's not a flop.”

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