"You are attached to what you attack." — Robert Shea

"You are attached to what you attack."

— Robert Shea

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26 Quotes by Robert Shea

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The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest…
Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.
Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping…
To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to…
The Gnostics were rapidly driven out of business by the hierarchical orthodox Christians.
But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.
Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition…
Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general.
Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along…
That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which…
But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals,…
Every combination of two or more human beings has both a useful aspect and a political aspect.

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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search… — Paul Auster
When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words. — Antonio Banderas
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these… — Martha Beck
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof… — Claude Bernard
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. — Ambrose Bierce
I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to… — Sara Blakely
Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached. — David Brenner
Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing. — Gary Busey
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which… — John le Carre
It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of… — Helena Bonham Carter
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is… — Chanakya

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