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Thomas Szasz Quotes

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

Thomas Szasz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: psychologist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 15, 1920 - September 8, 2012

Topics

Yourself Selfish Self You Duty Your

When you get a question like, 'Did you like meeting Her Majesty?' 'No, I thought she was a slob.' I mean, what are you going to say... The mischief comes into me when I'm doing a Q&A, I'm 9 years old again. I don't get mad. I do get offended.

Jerry Lewis

Me Thought Doing You Mad Meeting

I've said no to a lot of things I'd like to have done. My agent has never seen anything like it.

John Lithgow

Said Done Never Anything Things Lot

Vickie Lynn Hogan is my birth certificate's name.

Anna Nicole Smith

Name Birth Certificate Lynn

My attempt has been really to, beyond making a record of contemporary life, which is what you inevitably do, is trying to make beautiful books - books that are in some way beautiful, that are models of how to use the language, models of honest feeling, models of care.

John Updike

Life Beautiful Care Language You

The music I used to make was a lot more rock, so I come from this background of head banging a lot, and it took me a while to figure out how to do it in the context of our music.

St. Lucia

Music Me Rock More Out Head

I like what's obscure.

Steven Klein

Obscure Like

It's no good being great in something that goes straight to video.

Tom Wilkinson

Good Great Being Something Straight

I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

Rodney Dangerfield

Respect Luck Way Honest Get Would

I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is hot and smelly and dirty and miserable.

Ronald Perelman

Night Dirty Hot Miserable Factory

I believe in creative work.

Demian Bichir

Work Creative Believe I Believe

I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.

Dee Dee Ramone

Me Someone Die Lucky Always Next

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

Man Speech Superior Actions Modest