Alone, lonely people talk to themselves. In company, they often continue.Mason CooleyCommunicationIsolationSocialization Share this
Virtually anything is more stimulating than conversations with strangers at social gatherings.James CookDiscomfortIsolationSocialization Share this
It is always terrible to be told to go play with people one doesn’t know.Daniel HandlerAlienationIsolationSocialization Share this
He smiles but rarely and watches other men to see when they laugh and then does the same.Susanna ClarkeIsolationSocialization Share this
North Americans have a peculiar bias. They go outside to be alone and they go home to be social.Marshall McLuhanCultureIsolationSocialization Share this
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.Oscar WildeCensorshipIsolationSocialization Share this
You can’t really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though.Cate BlanchettEntertainmentIsolationSocialization Share this
When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.Jeffery DeaverBalanceIsolationSocialization Share this
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.Arthur SchopenhauerIntellectIsolationSocialization Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity