Eric Hoffer Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
-
There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
-
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
-
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
-
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
-
I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
-
I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
-
If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
-
I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.
-
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
-
The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
-
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
-
If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
-
I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.
-
Oh, well, there's a difference between privacy and secrecy.
-
There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
-
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
-
The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.
-
The reality is, for small businesses, there really aren't HR systems. Small businesses are rolling their own.
-
I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.
-
Veils of love which was only hate petrified by longing – that was me.
-
If I'm at the front line and refuse to treat a patient, it's considered a crime. As a physician, this is my oath. I'm going to treat everyone regardless.
-
I don't believe in paying for sex. Which is why I'll never again pay for a woman's dinner.
-
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
