#troll

Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#trolls #free

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#boredom #controlled #creative #creative man #directed

The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings. ↗

— Martin Bashir

#controlled #home #masks #surroundings #their

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled. ↗

— Xun Zi

#controlled #corrected #lack #lawlessness #moral

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#ambition #controlled #corruption #democratic #democratic system

We're much more controlled now. We were kids back then, we each had our own demons. It was insanity. ↗

— Peter Criss

#controlled #demons #each #had #insanity

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#being #controlled #girl #i #last

Politics is the art of controlling your environment. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#controlling #environment #politics #your

People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes. ↗