“A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.” SelfShowsReturnSelf LoveClaimsMarkGentlemanDeference Book:Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things Source: Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things
“Many writers claim that nearly all crime is caused by economic conditions, or in other words that poverty is practically the whole cause of crime. Endless statistics have been gathered on this subject which seem to show conclusively that property crimes are largely the result of the unequal distribution of wealth. But crime of any class cannot be safely ascribed to a single cause. Life is too complex, heredity is too variant and imperfect, too many separate things contribute to human behavior, to make it possible to trace all actions to a single cause.” HumansHas BeensWholeShowsSeemsActionLife IsCausesWealthResultsClassPovertyEconomicConditionsSubjectsCrimeBehaviorClaimsPropertyComplexesEndlessStatisticsImperfectHuman BehaviorDistributionHeredityDistribution Of Wealth Author:Clarence Darrow
“Is not the real experience of each individual very limited? And, if a writer dwells upon that solely or principally, is he not in danger of repeating himself, and also of becoming an egotist? Then, too, imagination is a strong, restless faculty, which claims to be heard and exercised: are we to be quite deaf to her cry, and insensate to her struggles? When she shows us bright pictures, are we never to look at them, and try to reproduce them? And when she is eloquent, and speaks rapidly and urgently in our ear, are we not to write to her dictation?” IfsWritingTryingLooksRealShowsIndividualSpeakStrongImaginationStruggleHeardCryDangerBecomingEarsClaimsFacultyRestlessDeafEloquentDictation Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“The statements of certain western officials show that contrary to their absurd claims, westerners are disqualified, and impetuous, lacking any cultural background.” ShowsCertainClaimsWesternContraryBackgroundsStatementsAbsurdOfficialsLackingAbsurdityWesternersImpetuous Author:Hamid-Reza Assefi
“Massage therapists, and others in the holistic arts ... seem to be a particularly gullible bunch. And there are a lot of people who have seized upon that, and marketed their products, their classes, their modalities, and their wild claims to us ... and many of us have fallen for it, hook, line and sinker ... and unfortunately, gone on to convince our clients to buy into it, as well. ... Our profession has turned into the snake oil medicine show.” PeopleWellsArtShowsSeemsPainLinesClassGoneProductsClaimsMedicineOilProfessionBunchTherapyFallenInjuryConvinceClientsSnakesHookTherapistsHolisticMassageGullibleMassage Therapists Author:Laura Allen
“Critics of the Wall Street protesters claim that they have old ideas, nothing new, and they're never going to work. Wait a minute., that sounds like this show.” IdeasShowsWaitingSoundStreetsMinutesWallClaimsCriticsGoing To WorkNothing NewOld Ideas Author:David Letterman