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Parasitic Quotes (page 2)

Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth..."
Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling. Robert A. Heinlein
I was going to suggest some hard-won guidelines for responsible reviewing. For instance: First, as in Hippocrates, do no harm. Second, never stoop to score a point or bite an ankle. Third, always understand that in this symbiosis, you are the parasite. Fourth, look with an open heart and mind at every different kind of book with every change of emotional weather because we are reading for our lives and that could be love gone out the window or a horseman on the roof. Fifth, use theory only as... John Leonard
Al Goldstein quote: "A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that..."
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts. Al Goldstein
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert. Khalil Gibran
Martin H. Fischer quote: "We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites."
We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites. Martin H. Fischer
J. B. Priestley quote: "The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had..."
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. J. B. Priestley
I wouldn't describe that "position" as "parasitic." I'd describe that experience as "edifying." I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here. Bruce Sterling
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars. Charles Darwin
It is not really our country so much is the problem, it's sort of the parasitic relationship that Canada, and France, and other countries have towards us. Bob Corker
When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper. Anthony Trollope
The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you. Mike Oldfield
Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen. Henry Taylor
It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food, clothing and shelter, should be owned collectively by the race instead of being the private property of a few social parasites. Ralph Chaplin
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior. William Shenstone
William S. Burroughs quote: "Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting..."
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. William S. Burroughs

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