Ersatzform Quotes & Sayings

It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers. — Honore De Balzac

Well, maybe it's because of the rumors they had going around, you know, they had some rumors about Dennis Brown was in the hospital and all that. Well, that is all bull! — Dennis Brown

Dominance and submission can be a game or a way of life, depending on how seriously you play ... the promise of pleasure can be every bit as arousing as the pleasure itself, maybe more. (Jack) — Shayla Black

My butterflies are still going strong. I just hope they are flying in formation. — Larry Mize

A further reason for my hatred of ... ideologies is quite a primitive one. I have an aversion to killing people for the fun of it. What the fun is, I did not quite understand at the time, but in the intervening years the ample exploration of revolutionary consciousness has cast some light on this matter. The fun consists in gaining a pseudo-identity through asserting one's power, optimally by killing somebody - a pseudo-identity that serves as a substitute for the human self that has been lost ... A good example of the type of self that has to kill other people in order to regain in an Ersatzform what it has lost is the famous Saint-Juste, who says that Brutus either has to kill other people or kill himself.
... I have no sympathy whatsoever with such characters and have never hesitated to characterize them as murderous swine. — Eric Voegelin

There's definitely a psychology to making you feel important and like you're part of the game. It's a very special quality, especially with a first-time director. — Jennifer Coolidge

The gift our enemy may be able to bring us: to see aspects of ourselves that we cannot discover any other way than through our enemies. Our friends seldom tell us these things; they are our friends precisely because they are able to overlook or ignore this part of us. The enemy is thus not merely a hurdle to be leaped on the way to God. The enemy can be the way to God. We cannot come to terms with our shadow except through our enemies. — Walter Wink

If you build software, every error message is marketing — Jason Fried

The emotions were complex, but the answer was simple. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Mine's a free life, but it does get lonely sometimes. — Richard Bach