Quotes About Attitude

Cock your hats, angles are attitudes

I am the type of person that I complain about.

A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.

I don't like my shoes,' said Rose. 'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.' 'You only hear a person complain,' said Rose. 'Not see.' How has Rose lived for seventeen years and no one has killed her, not once?

Wearing a cloak is on Rose's list of the thousand things she hates most. The problem is that each of the thousand problems is ranked number one. 'But Dr. Rannigan says you must and anyway, it hardly weighs a thing, it's so full of holes.' I swung mine round my shoulders. Rose hates any bit of clothing that constricts, but I say Chin up and bear it. Life is just one great constriction. 'Ventilated,' I said, 'that's the word. Our cloaks are terrifically ventilated.

He's harmless, poor thing. That's what everyone said. It was true, but who cares? Lots of people are harmless, but that doesn't mean I have to like them.

I adore complaining— it calms the nerves

What makes a bourgeoisie is not its attitude, taste, or manners. It is not even its aspirations. The bourgeoisie is above all the direct product of precise economic realities.

Boredom lies in our character, not in the world. "If you're bored," I've heard it said, "you're boring." Think about this. When you're bored, you tend to bore others. Conversely, when you're bored, it is because you are boring: you are the one who engages in the act of boring. It's not the world that is boring you, it is you who are boring the world.

A nuestra especie no le queda más remedio que cambiar de actitud: efectivamente, como ya lo decía San Francisco de Asís, los animales son hermanos nuestros; vamos a tener que darles otro trato. Nada podrá detener esa revolución de mentalidad que ya está en marcha.

Il pessimismo non serve a nulla, è la malattia dei parassiti e degli inconcludenti. Abbiamo dalla nostra la volontà, e questo è l'essenziale. Perciò avremo successo.»

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didn't exactly win us any friends.

When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.

Adams' attitude toward employees exemplified the New England view defining people mostly by performance. Class was accidental, a matter of birth and category. Performance was individual, partly under the control of character. He was interested in people of every class. Steerage and cabin passengers mingled in a twice-a-week political discussion group in which he took part. When

Some folks always have good neighbors. Others always complain about having bad neighbors. I guess it is the people themselves more than the neighbors that are at fault. pg 32

I just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference.

The essential matter of history is not what happened but what people thought or said about it.

Of supreme importance is the fact that failure of morale is more likely to occur among those who have lived softly than among people who have known hardship throughout their lives.

Two men look out through the same bars; one sees the mud and one the stars.

You are your state of mind. Your state of mind creates your view, or your window, on life.

been peculiarly downplayed.

Yo le duro lo que usted me cuide, yo le hablo como usted me trate y le creo lo que usted me demuestre.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.