"A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ***** he would become if he did."

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Source : KONRAD LORENZ (1963). “ON AGRESSION”

Konrad Lorenz

#Men Quotes #Helping Quotes #Ass Quotes

“Conflict is the microscope of a book. When it's trained on a character, you see what's underneath the narratives of physical description. You see whether someone is strong or weak, principled or apathetic, heroic or villainous." (J.R. on writing the BDB series)”
“Those who seek liberation for themselves alone cannot become fully enlightened. Though it may be said that one who is not already liberated cannot liberate others, the very process of forgetting oneself to help others is in itself liberating”
“Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.”

Source : "Richard Rorty (1931 - 2007)". "The Philosopher's Zone" with Alan Saunders, www.abc.net.au. June 16, 2007.
“My father said it himself in an interview many years ago: 'Husband and wife failed, but mother and father didn't.' I've got a life that really matters to me, and that's because of the way I was raised. My ethics are high because my parents did a great job.”
“You can make them so small that they almost disappear, but I think headlights are also part of the face of a car.”

Source : "Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.
“When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five years - most of the people who live in Harlem are transplants. They migrate to Harlem from another place. A lot of them are from the south, so they bring those southern influences with them.”
“The papers are portraying Rafa as a parrot, just like they did when they showed Graham Taylor as an onion”
“Everybody says before reviews come out, 'Oh, reviews don't matter,' just in case they're bad; everyone want to brace themselves.”

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