“American culture is no longer created by the people... A free, authentic life is no longer possible in AmericaTM today. We are being manipulated in the most insidious way. Our emotions, personalities and core values are under siege from media and cultural forces too complex to decode. A continuous product message has woven itself into the very fabric of our existence. Most North Americans now live designer lives-sleep, eat, sit in car, work, shop, watch TV, sleep again. I doubt there's more than a handful of free, spontaneous minutes anywhere in that cycle. We ourselves have been branded.” PeopleWayHas BeensTodayLife IsValuesCultureForceSleepEmotionExistenceWatchesDoubtMinutesMediaCarTvsProductsPersonalityMessagesComplexesCoreDesignerShopsCyclesFabricConsumerismSpontaneousHandfulAmerican CultureWovenOverconsumptionInsidiousCore ValuesSiegeBrandedAuthentic LifeUnder Siege Author:Kalle Lasn
“In the case of complex personalities the matter stands thus: one of these can understand other men better than they can understand themselves, because within himself he has not only the character he is grasping, but also its opposite. Duality is necessary for observation and comprehension.” MenMatterCharacterCasesPersonalityOppositesComplexesObservationComprehensionDualityGrasping Book:Sex & Character Source: Sex & Character
“It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn't find a balance, a mutual respect for each other.” PersonsFormPersonalityBalanceBandBehaviorComplexesMutualFlawsPearlsScenariosNeuroticJamExhibitsDaveMutual RespectPersonality FlawsPearl Jam Author:Stone Gossard
“My idea of marriage, as of every other partnership, ... is that each member shall contribute to it his or her personality, unrepressed and uncoerced. Thus, and only thus, we obtain the most complex synthesis possible, which may well surpass in beauty, as it surely does in interest and human value, the separate elements of such an association.” HumansWellsMayDoeIdeasValuesInterestMarriagePersonalityMembersElementsComplexesAssociationPartnershipHuman ValuesSynthesis Book:Inheritance Source: Inheritance
“I am such a complex person. I have so many different layers of my personality to choose from. I am super-sensitive, and I am super-strong.” PersonsDifferentStrongPersonalityComplexesSensitiveLayers Author:Lykke Li
“People are complex, and I think it's a huge element of what I do, because you have to balance out the fact that you talk about quite serious things with a sense of irony and tongue-in-cheek humor. That's my personality as well.” PeopleThinkingWellsFactsSeriousHugePersonalityBalanceElementsComplexesTongueIronyCheeksSerious ThingsTongue In Cheek Author:Marina and the Diamonds
“Napoleon was one of the most complex personalities in history.He was ruthless, small in stature, a bully, vulnerable, unfaithful and I think he was the first person to shoot prisoners of war so that he had food for his own army. He was absolutely single-minded but he also obviously had charm. How else could a man like him have come back as he did and have the nation rise to a man!” ThinkingMenFirstsPersonsWarNationsPersonalityArmyComplexesVulnerableCharmPrisonerBullyRuthlessFirst PersonStatureUnfaithfulPrisoner Of War Author:David Suchet
“The second reason to abandon environmental religion is more pressing. Religions think they know it all, but the unhappy truth of the environment is that we are dealing with incredibly complex, evolving systems, and we usually are not certain how best to proceed. Those who are certain are demonstrating their personality type, or their belief system, not the state of their knowledge.” ThinkingKnowsStatesReasonCertainBeliefEnvironmentTypePersonalityComplexesEnvironmentalUnhappyEvolveAbandonBelief SystemsDemonstratingKnow It AllPersonality Types Author:Michael Crichton
“You are far more than your personality, more than your habits, more than your achievements. You are an infinitely complex human being with stories and myths and dreams- and ambitions of cosmic proportions. Don't waste time underestimating yourself. Dream big... Use the energy of your archetype to express the true reason you were born. Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.” HumansEndsReasonStoriesUseDreamBigsEnergyBornHuman BeingsPersonalityHabitSafeWasteAchievementAmbitionComplexesMythProportionMeant To BeWasting TimeCosmicUnderestimateWere Meant To BeArchetypeDon't Waste Time Author:Caroline Myss
“The overriding problems are brought on by the existence of the ego, a maladaptive behavioral complex in the psyche that gets going like a tumor. If it's not treated - if there's not pharmacological intervention - it becomes the dominant constellation of the personality.” IfsProblemExistencePersonalityEgoComplexesTreatedDominantInterventionConstellationsTumors Author:Terence McKenna
“Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.” PeopleWorldArtistPersonalityPoliticianComplexes Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.” PersonsBeautifulSimplePersonalityComplexesDrivenSelfishGenerousLazyLazinessUnattractive Author:Barbra Streisand