He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.

Quote by Karl Kraus

Topics: Praise Quotes

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old...

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose...

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about...

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same...

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with...

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't...

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.

Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.