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Eric Hoffer Quotes

Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: July 25, 1898 - May 21, 1983

Topics

Men Doing Want Things Weary Much

My mum is great for keeping hold of old classics - pieces of clothing that never age and never go out of fashion. She also says, 'Make sure you always smile - it makes everything look better!'

Smile Age Great Fashion Better Look

I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it was sheer lunacy. It's part of the process of selection.

Day Believe Process Down One Day

I have such a fortunate life that of course I will have my detractors. I have a very endowed life.

Life Will Fortunate Course Very

If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

Government Constitution Will Military

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

Hell Hell Is Auditorium

I think by and large, humans prefer to think of themselves as minds from the neck up. We don't really like to think of ourselves as another animal, another digesting, excreting, mating, snoring, sleeping kind of sack of guts. I don't think we like that. I think we'd rather not be reminded of it.

Animal Think Kind Sleeping Minds Up

I loved the idea of playing this naughty old bag, offering her own explanation. It's my idea of heaven.

Loved Bag Heaven Naughty Old Own

There's no male Oprah.

When there's not ten feet of snow on the ground, I ride my bike down the streets of New York, and I literally hear two things out of car windows as cabs pass by me: They either yell, 'Hey, dummy,' or 'Hey, Mayhem.'

Car Snow Ride Bike New York Me

It's our job as marketers and brand professionals to nurture the brand and calm it down when it's angry and to encourage when it's trying to grow.

Bozoma Saint John

Job Angry Calm Brand Grow Trying

You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

Love End You Emotions Bank High

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman

I Am War Tired Sick Hell Glory

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