“I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.”

“I was actually just blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful veterans and people that I had great chemistry with and that were just open to me.”

Aaliyah (1979–2001) American singer, actress and model

“The notion is that if you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs.”

Gene Simmons (1949) Israeli-born American rock bass guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and actor

“Tragedies are all right for a while: you are concerned, you are curious, you feel good. And then it gets repetitive, it doesn't advance, it grows dreadfully boring: it is so very boring, even for me.”

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist

“People say 'Poor guy.' That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. 'Poor guy,' like I'm some victim. There's nothing poor about me.”

Mike Tyson (1966) American boxer

“We're all made up of many parts, other halves. Not just me.”

Jeffrey Eugenides book Middlesex

“Love me or hate me, it's one or the other. Always has been. Hate my game, my swagger. Hate my fadeaway, my hunger. Hate that I'm a veteran. A champion. Hate that. Hate it with all your heart. And hate that I'm loved, for the exact same reasons.”

Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player

“I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.”

Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party

“Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.”

William Shakespeare Hamlet

“Be curious, not judgmental.”

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist