“The problem with the ‘herd’ is that our voice is never ‘heard’.” DifferentProblemVoiceDifferencesOpinionHeardSocietyUniqueExpectationsIndependentIndependenceSurrenderLazyMediocrityLazinessUniquenessConformMediocreComplacencyComplianceSurrenderingNormsHerdConformingComplyPlacatingSocietalProblematicPlacate Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“An artwork should point in more than one direction, not be this sort of placating, self-demonstrating, witnessing element.” ShouldSelfElementsArtworkOne DirectionDemonstratingPlacating Author:Luc Tuymans
“The childhood of the individual and the race is full of fears, and panic-stricken attempts to avert what is feared by placating the gods with painful sacrifices.” IndividualRaceSacrificeChildhoodPainfulPanicAvertPlacating Author:Rebecca West
“[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.” StillsEnoughDogAddictionFeedingGood DogPlacatingAspca Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other.” WayHalfPolicyWeaknessDisguiseSpectatorsCalculationsImpotencePlacating Book:Adolphe Source: Adolphe
“here's a huge amount of work that goes into placating a network in regular television. It's literally 70% or 80% of your workload, is showing them the material, getting their notes and presenting it to them and making sure they weigh in. It's a huge amount of work.” TelevisionMaterialsHugeAmountNotesPresentingWorkloadPlacating Author:Louis C. K.
“In recent years, we have seen the United States back away from pressuring the Castro regime, under the misguided view that placating them with an open hand would yield progress. That naivete has invited only more cruelty and oppression in return.” YearsStatesHandsUnitedViewsUnited StatesProgressReturnCrueltyOppressionYieldRegimesInvitedMisguidedCastroNaivetePlacating Author:Mitt Romney
“Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.” PeopleGamesGivenNationsFreedomAcceptingWatchesDemocracyMinutesAcceptanceInstitutionsInventionPropagandaAbsolute FreedomTruenessPlacating Author:Jacque Fresco
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” LastsPoliticalNaturePoliticianHumorousConservativeEducationalCompromiseBritainWorld War IiFeedingCrocodilesAppeaseMilitary PowerAppeasementWar VictoryPlacating Author:Winston Churchill