“We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that ...” — Eric Hoffer Quote

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

You can never assume that something is going to do well.

People don't assume John Wayne shoots people and rides a horse on weekends.

Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars.

I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.

I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was an exceptional magnet for me to want to explore the theater. I can only assume that 'Smash' is doing that for anyone who is halfway interested in theater already.