Frederick Rolfe Quotes

#1. It's all nonsense to say that the Fifteenth Century can't possibly speak to the Twentieth, because it is the Fifteenth and not the Twentieth, and because those two Centuries haven't got a Common Denominator. They have. It's Human Nature.

Frederick Rolfe

#2. Truth is tarter than taradiddles; and nothing is tarter, terser, than truth on the track of tired trash in a trance.

Frederick Rolfe

#3. An appeal to a goodness which is not in him is, to a vain and sensitive soul, a stinging insult.

Frederick Rolfe

#4. Boxing is made for film - there is corruption, violence, tragedy and the chance that the underdog can catch the champion with one lucky punch.

Asif Kapadia

#5. The imporant things in life never happened by accident. But even with those things that were meant to be, sometimes you had to wait awhile and then maybe give them a little nudge.

Nicholas Evans

#6. Most people have only half developed their single personalities. That a man should split his into four and more; and should develop each separately and perfectly, was so abnormal that many normals failed to understand it.

Frederick Rolfe

#7. The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are 1) emotion substituted for thought, 2) fear, 3) ignorance and 4) propaganda

Joe Bageant

#8. Intrinsic motivation trumps extrinsic motivation every time.

Matt Perman

#9. The student of history knows no more refreshing recreation than that of nailing liars, like vermin, to the wall.

Frederick Rolfe

#10. What makes you tick? Why do you care about the things you care about?

Les Wexner

#11. Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.

John Jay

#12. Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

Anthony Hopkins

#13. Cats. Furry little sociopaths that we invite into our homes.

Jenna Inouye