Alex Pentland Quote: Near the end of the 1700s, philosoph...

Near the end of the 1700s, philosophers began to declare that humans were rational individuals. People were flattered by being recognized as individuals, and by being called rational, and the idea soon wormed its way into the belief systems of nearly everyone in the upper class. Despite resistance from Church and State, the idea of rational individuality replaced the assumption that truth comes only from god and king.

- Alex Pentland

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- Isaac Asimov

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

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- Ovid

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

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- Christopher Walken

Quite often, I’ll be sent a script for a movie. And I find that I like it, so I say I’ll do it. But then they rewrite it for me. They make it quirky. Odd. I find that rather annoying. I call it Walkenising.

Topic(s): Scripts , Odd , Annoying , Quirky

- Alain De Botton

Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.