Unamused Synonym Quotes & Sayings

It is the curse of the genius that in the same measure in which others think him great and worthy of admiration, he thinks them small and miserable creatures. His whole life long he has to suppress this opinion; and, as a rule, they suppress theirs as well. Meanwhile, he is condemned to live in a bleak world, where he meets no equal, as it were an island where there are no inhabitants but monkeys and parrots. Moreover, he is always troubled by the illusion that from a distance a monkey looks like a man. — Arthur Schopenhauer

If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other. — Abraham Lincoln

Now, there is something else interesting here, is this thing called self-determinism and pan-determinism. We have found that there is something stands as a barrier between the ability of a person to be self-determined and the condition he is in, and that is willingness to be controlled. As long as a person will resist control, then everything that comes along which threatens to control him can do so; and thus you have aberration. And until he has a total tolerance of control, he cannot be self-determined or pan-determined. — L. Ron Hubbard

It would not be for the public good to have [a majority in Congress of one party] greater [than] two to one. — Thomas Jefferson

Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career. — Ricki Lake