Character Quote by Aaron James

“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

“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

“answer to our initial question: What is it for someone to be an asshole?4 If nothing else, a good answer—a good theory of the…

— Aaron James

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Power Breeds Satans As Bob Sutton points out, assholes are created because we are all so easily corrupted by hierarchy and asymmetries in power.…

— Richard Beck

“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

“The function of assholes in the world, just like the asshole we all have, is to spread shit around. They are loathsome and dirty…

— Kevin Hearne

A lot of times, that asshole behavior is a cover for deep insecurities, and sometimes the deeper the insecurities, the bigger the asshole.

— Tommy Dewey

“People-pleasing is a form of assholery,’ which”

— Timothy Ferriss