Chinaski Potkal Jsem Quotes & Sayings

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. — Oscar Wilde

If we could convey a smile or a reason to smile to each one we meet, we could create a world of true harmony. — Jes Fuhrmann

Much popular self-help literature normalizes sexism. Rather than linking habits of being, usually considered innate, to learned behavior that helps maintain and support male domination, they act as those these difference are not value laden or political but are rather inherent and mystical. In these books male inability and/or refusal to honestly express feelings is often talked about as a positive masculine virtue women should learn to accept rather than a learned habit of behavior that creates emotional isolation and alienation ... Self-help books that are anti-gender equality often present women's overinvestment in nurturance as a 'natural,' inherent quality rather than a learned approach to caregiving. Much fancy footwork takes place to make it seem that New Age mystical evocations of yin and yang, masculine and feminine androgyny, and so on, are not just the same old sexist stereotypes wrapped in more alluring and seductive packaging. — Bell Hooks

In case you're short on definitions, here's one. Insanity: 'Destroying the very things that sustain us.' And if we're so short-sighted so as to make such preposterous choices, then it's not all that preposterous to believe that shortly our end will be in sight. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

An expert is somebody who is more than 50 miles from home, has no responsibility for implementing the advice he gives, and shows slides. — Edwin Meese

For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible. — Charles Duhigg

The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company. — Derrick May