“I don't think she [Marilyn Monroe] saw herself as victimized and a sex object. She knew how to contend with it. I'm sure she was no fool about it. On the one hand, it was very flattering and great; on the other hand, it was probably awful and could be very lascivious and very terrible. But I think a lot of women just wanted to be like her. And that's still true today.” ThinkingStillsHandsTodayWantedSexSawsObjectsFoolTerribleAwfulFlatteringLike Her Author:Gail Levin
“It is in our own mind and not in exterior objects that we perceive most things; fools know scarcely anything because they are empty, and their heart is narrow; but great souls find in themselves a number of exterior things; they have no need to read or travel or to listen or to work to discover the highest truths; they have only to delve into themselves and search, if we may say so, their own thoughts.” IfsKnowsNeedsMindHeartMaySoulNumbersObjectsFoolHighestEmptyPerceiveExteriorGreat Souls Author:Luc de Clapiers
“When you take the high moral road it is difficult for anyone to object without sounding like a complete fool.” DifficultMoralObjectsFoolMorality Book:Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop Source: Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop
“Darwin's theory is as dead as he is. Everyone is surviving, fit or not. Years ago, any kid dumb enough to chase a shiny object down a well was dead, and out of the gene pool. Now they got the technology and medicine to save the fool so he can breed more open mouth breathers.” YearsWellsEnoughKidsTechnologyObjectsTheoryFoolFitMouthsYears AgoMedicineDumbPoolGenesSurviving Author:Lenny Bruce
“The exploitation and superficiality of mainstream America is the object not of [Bob] Dylan's hipster scorn, but of an apocalyptic parable of holy fools and righteous thieves - the kind of imagery that Dylan's later work would explore more fully.” KindAmericaObjectsFoolHolyMainstreamRighteousBobThievesExploitationScornDylanImageryApocalypticHipsterParablesSuperficiality Author:Bob Dylan