Being A Poser Quotes & Sayings

Let us simmer over our incalculable cauldron, our enthralling confusion, our hotchpotch of impulses, our perpetual miracle - for the soul throws up wonders every second. Movement and change are the essence of our being; rigidity is death; conformity is death; let us say what comes into our heads, repeat ourselves, contradict ourselves, fling out the wildest nonsense, and follow the most fantastic fancies without caring what the world does or thinks or says. For nothing matters except life. — Virginia Woolf

[H]is 'philosophy' seemed to consist of anything that would be particularly annoying to the powers that be without being so shocking that they would fire him. He got the reputation among the students as an original and a rebel without having to pay the penalty for actually being either. — Orson Scott Card

These irregularities of judgment, I imagine, are found even in riper minds than Mary Garth's: our — George Eliot

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth. — Seneca.

The striver in him knew that his first aim must be to rise in the system he dreamed of liberating. — John Le Carre

I pre-screen restaurants because my objective is to never have a bad meal, and I get pretty close to that. — Robert Sietsema

We are the total of our longings. — Guy Gavriel Kay

Methinks I could write a volume to you, but all the language on earth would fail in saying how much and with what disinterested passion I am ever yours. — Ika Natassa

But music raises a lot of issues. Music is something that matters to people a lot, and they put a lot of passion into it. And I think when you have an area like that, you're gonna find a lot of issues coming up. — Kurt Loder

To bless thine enemy is a good way to satisfy thy vanity. — Jorge Luis Borges

I just want to leave a positive memory of setting an example and bringing our youth with us. — Misty Copeland

For a moment the mole let his disappointment show on his snout. Then he grunted, "You're much smarter than you smell." Liza let out a whoop of satisfaction and chose not to worry too much about what stupidity smelled like. — Lauren Oliver

would waste good gin in a — Georgette Livingston

Peace will be when you accept it in your heart. — Hiawatha

My childhood was lonely. Both my parents were away a lot, working, and the maid basically raised me. And I think that's where a lot of my comedy comes from. Not only was the maid very funny and witty, but when my mother came home I'd use humour to try and get her attention. If I made mommy laugh, then maybe everything would be all right. I think that's where it [my comedy] all started. — Robin Williams

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present. — Cyril Connolly

I thought Oliver was trying hard before, but now I realize it's quite the opposite
he doesn't try, he just is, makes up his mind and doesn't check if it's going to work for his image or come off wrong. Since the rest of us are being so self-aware, his presence seems calculated. No one can possibly be that breezy, saying what he thinks, feeling what he feels. I can see why people don't like him for this very reason
it's so much easier to call him a poser.
Because if he's the real deal, then that makes the rest of us fakes. — Lindsey Leavitt