Nemo Nemo > Nemo's Quotes

“I wanted to tell him a story, but I didn't. It's a story about a Jew riding in a streetcar, in Germany during the Third Reich, reading Goebbels' paper, the Volkische Beobachter. A non-Jewish acquaintance sits down next to him and says, "Why do you read the Beobachter?" "Look," says the Jew, "I work in a factory all day. When I get home, my wife nags me, the children are sick, and there's no money for food. What should I do on my way home, read the Jewish newspaper? Pogrom in Romania' 'Jews Murdered in Poland.' 'New Laws against Jews.' No, sir, a half-hour a day, on the streetcar, I read the Beobachter. 'Jews the World Capitalists,' 'Jews Control Russia,' 'Jews Rule in England.' That's me they're talking about. A half-hour a day I'm somebody. Leave me alone, friend.”
― Milton Sanford Mayer

“Minutes passed, each pulling my hopes down a little lower from the heights to which they had soared, and then, when tension on my nerves and the weight of the heavy rifle were becoming unbearable, I heard a stick snap at the upper end of the thicket. Here was an example of how a tiger can move through the jungle. From the sound she had made I knew her exact position, had kept my eyes fixed on the spot, and yet she had come, seen me, stayed some time watching me, and then gone away without my having seen a leaf or a blade of grass move.”
― Jim Corbett, Man-eaters of Kumaon

“To you, I'm an atheist.
To God, I'm the loyal opposition.”
― Woody Allen

“Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“I have read all the pertinent literature and correspondence about Scott and his men but, unlike his previous biographers, I have shared Scott’s experiences over many years and so can the better comment on his decisions and his behaviour, bringing a sympathy for and practical understanding of the severe problems Scott actually faced”
― Ranulph Fiennes, The Ranulph Fiennes Collection: Captain Scott; Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know & Mad, Dogs and Englishmen

“INTRODUCTION: Driven by Fear Not Virtue CHAPTER 1: What Is Nice? CHAPTER 2: Please Like Me CHAPTER 3: Guilt Bubble CHAPTER 4: Don’t Be Mad CHAPTER 5: The High Cost of Nice CHAPTER 6: Operation: Liberate CHAPTER 7: Have Boundaries CHAPTER 8: Own Your Shadow CHAPTER 9: Speak Up CHAPTER 10: Be More Selfish CHAPTER 11: Say No CHAPTER 12: Increase Your Discomfort Tolerance CHAPTER 13: Choose Your Rules CHAPTER 14: 100% You CHAPTER 15: Your BTB 30-Day Action Plan EPILOGUE: Not Nice in Action”
― Aziz Gazipura, Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself