80 Quotes by Clifford Cohen

Regarding war and peace—the seeds of each are planted in the other.

Regarding war and peace—the seed of each is planted in the other.

When thinking about what to do next with your life, don’t ask yourself what you would succeed at, but what you would most enjoy failing at.

If someone tells you that they’re called “blueberries” because they’re berries and they’re blue—believe them.

When someone apologizes to you, be sure you know whether they’re sorry, or just scared.

Why do the powerful always insist on having a “back story” to justify whatever they do? Why can’t they—just once—do something for the simple reason that it is the right thing to do, in itself, for reasons understood and accepted by all? In politics, laws are passed to secretly serve hidden agendas, for without such agendas many lawmakers would never find the motivation to support anything at all.

Never invest in any scheme that is based on a metaphor, or anything with the word, “next”, in it (e.g., “this kid is the next Elvis Presley”, “this will be the Lake Lucerne of the Southwest”). You will lose your shirt.

Observing stupidity in others is a sure sign of stupidity in the observer.

We recognize authority based on whether we feel we could attain authority by the rules by which the authority was obtained.