Quote by Aaron James Download Open image ““The asshole not only takes special privileges but refuses to listen when people complain.”” — Aaron James ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“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 Copy Share Image
“When all one person do is complain, people don't want to talk or listen to them.” — Jonathan Anthony Burkett Copy Share Image
“An asshole who sometimes pretends to be nice totally has the ability to suck you back in, making you think that you had him… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
“We are all stupid assholes; leaving alone and complaining forever.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“[He] is the worst kind of asshole they make - the kind who is completely oblivious to how he sounds, the kind who is… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes being a nice person is all about knowing when to be an asshole.” — John Cheese Copy Share Image
“Don’t ever say stuff just because you think you should. That’s the definition of an asshole.” — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
“As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen.” — George Takei Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“... Because that's what privilege is-the license to treat other people like shit while still getting to believe that you're a good person.” — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Fully cooperative people, we may say, see themselves as equals, as having grounds for special treatment only in special circumstances that others will equally… — Aaron James Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“That is why otherwise coolheaded people fall into a fit of rage or lash out at the asshole: they are fighting to be recognized.” — Aaron James Copy Share Image
“According to Rousseau, healthy self-love does not require comparing oneself to others at all; feeling worthy does not necessarily involve feeling superior to someone.… — Aaron James Copy Share Image
“The fight can become extraordinarily frustrating because the asshole usually wins: his sense of entitlement is entrenched, so there is usually no getting through.” — Aaron James Copy Share Image
“However misguided, the asshole is morally motivated. He is fundamentally different from the psychopath, who either lacks or fails to engage moral concepts, and… — Aaron James Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“one of our basic moral responsibilities is to hear people out, to at least take seriously the reasons they give for wanting to be… — Aaron James Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image