
“You can tell how uninteresting a person is by asking him whom he finds interesting.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 28
Source: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
“You can tell how uninteresting a person is by asking him whom he finds interesting.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 28
“Backbite, v. t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Sommarboken (A Summer Book) (1972).
On Harriet Miers as Supreme Court Justice.
2000s
"He Will Increase" (24 December 2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQEXWelvxOU
The Philosophical Emperor, a Political Experiment, or, The Progress of a False Position: (1841)
Context: Man soon finds what he wants to find. If he cannot find it otherwise, he creates it for his special enjoyment: for instance, if a man wants to see a ghost, he need only promulge his wish some night around a decaying fire, with a few alarmed and shocked listeners. Then let him ascend in the dark to a remote chamber, carefully looking over his shoulder every few moments; and if he will not see a ghost, he will feel as if he saw one, and that will be tantamount thereto.