Elias Canetti Quotes

People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.

I've never started beef with anybody that didn't start with me first.

Your eyes have turned as black as a Crow’s,” she blurted out. He didn’t even blink over her bizarre comment. “Not this time, Christina,” he said in a furious whisper. “Compliments won’t get me off balance again, my little temptress. I swear to God, if you ever again dismiss me so casually, I’m going to––” “Oh, it wasn’t a compliment,” Christina interrupted, letting him see her irritation. “How presumptuous of you to think it was. The Crow is our enemy.

Bullies are just frightened people.

Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people have something against me. But you know how it is. A lot of people vent themselves by coming to the stadium to yell at me. I hope it's not racism. I tell myself that it's not racism; it's because I'm tough, and I repeat this to myself.

Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.

Did Mad freakin' Max just call me irritating?

I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.

The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.

I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.

The thing with me is if I feel disrespected I won't hesitate to fight. But it takes a lot to make me feel disrespected.

We are at war and these people are our enemies.

If they are laughing at you, how can they bludgeon you to death?

Hypersensitivity has become a weapon.

People will throw stones and hide their hands and then get back and play victim.

I used to irritate people. I'd give them a hard time, and when it drove them crazy, that was funny to me.

I've never been called a bully in my life.

If someone was ever racist towards me, I would go wild.

If somebody says or does something to me first, then I'll respond, and I go overboard with it, and it seems like I'm the one that has beef with somebody.

I feel like people just try and throw a shot at me just so I can respond.

It doesn't prove anything except that you're bullying us. Which, as I recall, is a sign of cowardice.

If you view everyone as your enemies, everyone around you will be your enemies.

I must of woke up this morning with a bug up my ass, I think I'll just haul off and belt the next jerk that I pass.