"Typical reaction to scrutiny: attack and mock messenger and message, minimize the problem, hope attention dies down."

-- Anat R. Admati

#Typical Quotes #Attention Quotes #Messengers Quotes

“Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life will be improved more by changes in society than by his own initiative. Without realizing it, he makes society rather than himself the agent of change. The power he finds in his victimization may lead him to collective action against society, but it also encourages passivity within the sphere of his personal life.”
“Just say no to drugs!”
“An uprising of the reasonable is our only chance.”
“What we know about diets hasn't changed. It still makes sense to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, balance calories from other foods, and keep calories under control. That, however, does not make front-page news.”
“Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.”
“To separate the purpose of a business from the purpose of people who are in the business is, I think, not a good thing.”
“As you treat your body, so your house, your domestics, your enemies, your friends. Dress is a table of your contents.”
“Like everyone else, I like to be with a happy crowd.”

Source : Buster Keaton, Charles Samuels (2015). “My Wonderful World Of Slapstick”, p.369, Pickle Partners Publishing

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