Colin Wilson Quotes
The case is a good example of what Van Vogt came to call 'the violent man' or the 'Right Man.' He is a man driven by a manic need for self-esteem - to feel that he is a 'somebody.' He is obsessed by the question of 'losing face,' so will never, under any circumstances, admit that he might be in the wrong.
Colin Wilson
Quotes to Explore
I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
Laura Linney
I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
E. M. Forster
All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
Nancy Gibbs
I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
Imelda May
An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
Nathan Myhrvold
Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
Rachel Kushner
Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.
Pope Francis
I think that each woman, whatever age, needs to recognize something good in her body. Someone has beautiful legs, someone has beautiful hair, someone else has beautiful decolletage or a beautiful waist or beautiful hands. Everyone has something great.
Carine Roitfeld
My peers inspire me, especially being a newer artist.
Khalid
If I spent my time wondering about what genre I wanted to be in or where I was on the charts, I wouldn't be able to write these kinds of song. I'd be too busy doing other things.
Jason Isbell
I think it's a violation of user privacy to continue storing email addresses if you tell users your service is shutting down. I sign up for a service, and if you're no longer providing that service, why should you keep my information?
Cheryl Yeoh
The case is a good example of what Van Vogt came to call 'the violent man' or the 'Right Man.' He is a man driven by a manic need for self-esteem - to feel that he is a 'somebody.' He is obsessed by the question of 'losing face,' so will never, under any circumstances, admit that he might be in the wrong.
Colin Wilson
