Most of us hide behind egocentric biases that generate the illusion that we are special. These self-serving protective shields allow us to… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Those who pray for your downfall are concentrating negative thoughts towards you, without taking cognisance of the slippery ground in which they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Time is a slippery concept, and we are often wrong about it... All too often we find ourselves looking in the right… — Frank Partnoy Copy Share Image
Thoughts are slippery fish in a cold shallow stream.If you are intent on capturing a worthwhile one, you need to stand very… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan. — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I basically don't think that the way we do things is that dependent on one resource, such as oil. There can be… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
The higher the trail the steeper it grows Ten thousand tiers of dangerous cliffs The stone bridge is slippery with green moss… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
The digital asset that matters is trust. Awareness first, then interaction, and maybe a habit, but all three mean nothing if they… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It's two seasons since I raced in Sepang and I'm looking forward to it now. It's a track where you have a… — Dani Pedrosa Copy Share Image
The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami in their lifetimes.… — Jim Drain Copy Share Image
You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
Conservatives are telling elected leaders that expansion of Medicaid comes at a moral - or more overtly, a political - price. At… — Ronnie Musgrove Copy Share Image
Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the 'slippery slope': once we allow doctors to kill patients, we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I rarely think about my childhood. It's a slippery thing I can't keep hold of for long - it slithers out of… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
If I get clear of my debts, I care not though men call me bold, glib of tongue, audacious, impudent, shameless, a… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope that knows no boundaries. — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
On movies like Star Trek and Star Wars, you have so much that will be created or extended digitally, and it's a… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
Every politician, every president gets votes by getting people that don't like him to like him. That's why politicians are slippery: because… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
