“The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.” ThinkingMomentsCareFoundBehindsCriticismWeakDetermineEnvySpotsMotiveCriticizeWho CaresValidityWeak Spots Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“These people also tended to pretend to care deeply about the blind and otherwise disabled. I am sympathetic to the needs of those users, but I can't help but think that those who claimed to speak for the blind were being more than a little disingenuous, just like those Hemp people who present their arguments in terms of their deep and abiding care for the textile industry, when their real motives are ... something else entirely.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLittlesI CanRealHelpingCareSpeakTermIndustryArgumentBlindMotiveUsersAbidingDisabledSympatheticHempTextilesDisingenuous Author:Jamie Zawinski
“As for the Jews, their explanation of anti-Semitism is more characteristic yet. In addition to the usual cliche, "with hatred and savagery" - naturally with no motive, they do not care to discuss motives - according to them, anti-Semitism is a madness, an intellectual degeneration, an affliction of the spirit.” CareSpiritIntellectualHatredMadnessJewExplanationMotiveCharacteristicsUsualAfflictionClicheAnti SemitismSavageryDegeneration Author:A. C. Cuza
“Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing, which remark I guess shows I still don't have a pure motive (O it's-such-fun-I-just-can't-stop-who-cares-if-it's-published-or-read) about writing.” IfsWritingStillsShowsCareFunPureMotiveWho CaresRemarksStink Book:the bell jar Source: the bell jar