Collectives Quote by Nelson Rodrigues

What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-then all the rest is prejudice, simply…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.

— Franz Kafka

Living in a world filled with animosity is hard.

— Jeremy Limn

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter…

— Michael Crichton

Passionately prejudiced people always turn out, under scrutiny, to be people who cannot get along on a footing of equality with anyone.

— Margaret Halsey

“I have been completely unable to maintain any semblance of relationship on any level I have been a bastard to the people who have…

— Aesop Rock

I've never lived through a moment in history where people are using their voices and becoming strong advocates for what they believe in.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

— Boies Penrose

All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.

— Sri Aurobindo

A respectable person is invariably unrespectable within.

— Anonymous

“In private life do we not see hypocrisy, servility, selfishness, folly, and impudence succeed, while modesty shrinks from the encounter, and merit is trodden…

— William Hazlitt

“I'm living in this world. I'm what, a slacker? A "twentysomething"? I'm in the margins. I'm not building a wall but making a brick.…

— Richard Linklater