“Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for God's sake. Have you walked down Oxford Street recently? Misanthropy's the only thing that gets you through it. It's not a personality flaw, it's a skill.” PeopleStreetsPersonalitySkillsSakeLondonIdiotFlawsBad ThingsOxfordMisanthropyMisanthropePersonality FlawsOxford Street Author:Charlie Brooker
“I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don't like me, I will obsess over it - and try to change my personality until they like me - even if they don't like me for reasons that have nothing to do with me, and even if they're strangers.” PeopleIfsNeedsTryingHumansReasonHuman BeingsPersonalityStrangerLike MeOver ItFlawsDon't Like MeFatal Flaws Author:Damon Lindelof
“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
“The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make us fully acceptable to God, ourselves and others. Every kind of character flaw comes from this natural impulse to be our own saviour through our own performance and achievement. On the one hand, proud and disdainful personalities come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are succeeding. But on the other hand, discouraged and self loathing personalities also come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are failing.” ThinkingKindSelfCharacterShowsProblemHandsSpiritualLyingNaturalFailingIdentityPersonalityProudSucceedAchievementPerformancesObedienceImpulseFlawsAcceptableDiscouragedSaviourLoathingSelf LoathingCharacter Flaws Author:Timothy Keller
“I got a call from a mutual friend of ours, Charles King, who's also the executive producer. [Steven Caple Jr and I] had a conversation about it. I read it. We kind of finished each other's sentences when it came to the nuances and personality flaws that the character had, and some stereotypes and things we were trying to stay away from. We agreed on that as well. He just kind of allowed me to run rampant with the ideas. As we paced ourselves through, we developed Turquoise.” TryingWellsKindIdeasCharacterRunningPersonalityKingsConversationSentencesFinishedProducersExecutivesMutualFlawsStereotypeNuancePersonality FlawsTurquoise Author:Erykah Badu
“[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own. The plot grew naturally out of Ivy's personality (and flaws).” WantPaintingGrewPersonalitySatisfiedPlotFlawsGeorgiaIvyGeorgia O Keeffe Author:Liza Campbell
“Just because my personal life may not be in shambles any more it doesn't mean anything has been solved. A ring doesn't solve problems. I think I'm still having dark visions. I think I'm just a little bit fatalistic. There is a personality flaw at work perhaps.” ThinkingMeanProblemDarkVisionPersonalityRingsFlawsPersonal Life Author:Marissa Nadler
“It's a hard thing to examine and difficult to speak for other writers, but when I look at my own writing there is often too much reticence. And that's a flaw I have as a person as well. I'm too reticent. I'm non-confrontational to a fault. And I'm risk-averse, which probably shows in my sentences. The aversion to long lines, the tendency to strip things back and be spare. My writing is an act of erasure that's tied up with my personality. I can easily produce a ninety thousand word chunk of writing and then cut back and back until I've only got ten thousand words. Or nothing.” WritingLongSpeakDifficultCuttingPersonalityFlawsHard ThingsTied Up Author:Katie Kitamura
“'You hate America, don't you?' 'That would be as silly as loving it,' I said. 'It's impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn't interest me. It's no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can't think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can't believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to a human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.'” ThinkingBelieveHumansSaidI CanRealSoulEndsWould BePainAmericaHateTermInterestLinesPleasureVirtueDoubtImpossibleEmotionalPersonalityConcernCrossesMarkVicesSillyBoundariesNo DoubtFlawsImaginaryEstatesHuman SoulUnrealPain And PleasurePixiesMother NightImaginary Lines Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“My philosophy when it came to pets was much like that of having children: You got what you got, and you loved them unconditionally regardless of whatever their personalities or flaws turned out to be.” ChildrenPhilosophyPersonalityPetFlawsHaving Children Book:Homer's Odyssey Source: Homer's Odyssey