“The answer is that we don't choose our freaks, they choose us.”
Steve Almond (1966) American writer
Source: Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
Speech before the Republican Party convention in New York. August 30, 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3613480.stm
“The answer is that we don't choose our freaks, they choose us.”
Steve Almond (1966) American writer
Source: Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
“Sometimes we choose the generalization. Sometimes we don't.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709032332.QAA21669@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist
Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations (2006)
“If we choose the wrong road, we choose the wrong destination.”
Dallin H. Oaks (1932) Apostle of the LDs Church
Be Not Deceived https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/10/be-not-deceived, Dallin H. Oaks, October 2004
“We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.”
John Henry Newman (1801–1890) English cleric and cardinal
Letter to Mrs William Froude, 27 June 1848.
Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
Existentialism and Human Emotions (1957)
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Address at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action (17 May 1952) https://trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/index.php?pid=1296&st=republican+party&st1=
“cats choose us; we don't own them”
Kristin Cast (1986) American writer