Colin Wilson Quotes
All men are stuck in a kind of fog. They're surrounded by a wall of fog. They think this is perfectly normal, but it's not. It means that since they can't see much beyond their own little situation, they tend to vegetate. They need some immediate stimulus to keep them alert.Colin Wilson
Quotes to Explore
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All men would be tyrants if they could.
Daniel Defoe -
Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
Cara Buono -
Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
Lactantius -
I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from the age of 50 on, and have PSA and DRE tests. With early detection, you can have an early cure.
Mandy Patinkin -
We did some research that showed that the very first word of your message that you send a girl - when we looked at men sending messages to women - the very first word can have a tremendous... can have a very accurate prediction of whether you're going to get a reply.
Sam Yagan -
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
Wangari Maathai
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
Harri Holkeri -
Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton. And for centuries, the complaints about it have largely stayed the same: 'It does nothing! It creates chaos! It's a parasite that sucks hardworking Americans dry!'
Adam Davidson -
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
Adam Clarke -
I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.
Karl Malone -
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor Hugo -
Let's face it: men do a lot of things in the workplace that women just don't do.
Warren Farrell
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
E. M. Forster -
Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
Orison Swett Marden -
I get 'USA Today,' the 'New York Times,' 'Wall Street Journal' and the 'Star-Telegram' at my doorstep. I can't do without them.
Dan Jenkins -
I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.
Ziyi Zhang -
When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have people turning they neck all the way around to see what it is, it ain't stick on the wall.
Raekwon -
Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.
Naomi Klein
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First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of women.
Margaret Cavendish -
Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.
Robert Frost -
Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.
William Gibson -
I think people in theater are pretty open-minded and objective about the talent and what they can bring to the story they want to tell.
Matt Bomer -
Dracula is a metaphor for the evil that is so hard to undo in history.
Elizabeth Kostova -
All men are stuck in a kind of fog. They're surrounded by a wall of fog. They think this is perfectly normal, but it's not. It means that since they can't see much beyond their own little situation, they tend to vegetate. They need some immediate stimulus to keep them alert.
Colin Wilson