Eric Hoffer Quotes
We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

Quotes to Explore
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Much to the chagrin of the staunchly secular among us, religion shows no sign of going away. Predictions of the demise of religion, faith, tradition - and even God - have consistently been proven wrong.
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For Eid - or Raya, as the Malaysians call it - we love to shop for new clothes for the festive season. There will be open houses to go to, and Malaysians love to look good for these.
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If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.
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I'm a good driver.
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Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit.
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A story never looks as good as when the other fellow buys it.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.
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Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure.
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I've written a few songs that have to do with being in a relationship, the bad and the good.
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To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other.
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Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.
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When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
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...life is lonely, life is empty. Love isn't everything. A dear true friend is more than love-the serge outlasts the silk.
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It's a sin to have your films not to make money.
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At the end of the day, I let myself have a glass of wine.
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We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.