Quote by Aaron James

“The asshole, by contrast, traffics in and is moved by moral justification—except that moral justification, for him, leads to an entrenched sense of special…

— Aaron James

“The key is to understand why we are easily tempted to fight on the asshole’s terms: we are fighting for moral recognition in his…

— Aaron James

“The asshole refuses to listen to our legitimate complaints, and so he poses a challenge to the idea that we are each to be…

— Aaron James

“The general problem is that the asshole helps himself to more than his share, or acts out of turn, or sloughs off the burdens…

— Aaron James

“To summarize, then, our three requirements for a good theory of assholes are as follows. We are looking for (1) a stable trait of…

— Aaron James

“The asshole is not just another annoying person but a deeply bothersome person—bothersome enough to trigger feelings of powerlessness, fear, or rage.”

— Aaron James

“of view, may show that he is not getting the respect he deserves. Although our theory is a definition of the term “asshole,” we…

— Aaron James

“It's important that these people think of their adversaries specifically as assholes. That's what gives the modern rhetoric of polarization its singular stamp and…

— Geoffrey Nunberg

“and third things a theory of assholes should explain are related and must be handled with greater care. The second thing to explain is…

— Aaron James

“The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing. And you can quote me.”

— Richard Bachman

“The worst type of asshole is an asshole who doesn't realize he's an asshole. He's an asshole who honestly thinks he's doing right and…

— Mark W Boyer

“Our theory is simply this: a person counts as an asshole when, and only when, he systematically allows himself to enjoy special advantages in…

— Aaron James