“Avoid all eye contact
Do not react
Shoot the messengers
This is a low-flying panic attack”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
Burn the Witch
Lyrics, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
Referring yet again to former Treasurer Peter Costello, 7.30 Report, August 6, 2008. 7.30 Report Interview http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2326431.htm
“Avoid all eye contact
Do not react
Shoot the messengers
This is a low-flying panic attack”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
Burn the Witch
Lyrics, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
David Attenborough (1926) British broadcaster and naturalist
Opening narration
The Life of Birds (1998)
James W. Prescott (1930) American psychologist
"Before Ethics and Morality" (1972)
“Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“The man with the greatest soul will always face the greatest war with the low minded person.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“The end is low, like all quantitative ends, personal or not, and it can be attained and verified.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 149
The Book of Disquiet
Original: O fim é baixo, comotodos os fins quantitativos, pessoais ou não, e é atingível e verificável.
“If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
As quoted in Monk Magazine (1992-10).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
Laurie Notaro American writer
Source: There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble