Overestimating Their Competence Quotes & Sayings

To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them. To deceive them, it is necessary to persuade them that they are robbed for their own advantage, and to induce them to accept in exchange for their property, imaginary services, and often worse. — Frederic Bastiat

It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before. — L. Frank Baum

Sometimes, lies were the same things as wishes. Sometimes, wishes were things to hate. — Shannon A. Thompson

Just as he was slowly bringing order to his own internal life, he would also bring order to his language. — David Brooks

I read a quote by James Dean when I was 17; he said, 'I'd rather starve than do a whole bunch of work that I don't care about.' The older I got, the more I understood what he was saying. If I want to do a whole lot of work that I don't care about, then I would probably be working in a law office somewhere. — Mehcad Brooks

chooks. You cannot go away and leave — Peter Carey

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. — Soren Kierkegaard