Karl Kraus Quotes

A lot of people are very sacred with their ideas, and there is something to protecting yourself in that way, but there's also something to idea sharing, or being the person who makes the mistake in public so people can study that.

You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you thought they were going to do... which is screw you over.

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

It takes a minute for me to let my guard down, but once I do and I get to know someone, I'm very open, very trusting. Some might say too trusting, because considering the amount of money that can be made from selling gossip, I could be very easily taken advantage of.

It is important not to trust people too much.

I feel like a lot of people would quite easily stab you in the back once they get what they want. And you see that in people.

The best ideas are common property.

I used to trust people easily, but now I'm a little careful because some experiences have taught me to not trust anyone blindly.

No one is more himself than the moment when he's laughing at a joke. It's at those moments that people's defenses go down, and that's when you can slip in a good idea.

This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed.

Those that trust no one, usually end up trusting the wrong person."-Umma to Midnight

When you have an idea, a classic entrepreneurial impulse is to hold the idea close to you and not tell people and that's almost always a mistake.

I don’t want your lying kindness. Sure, you’ll smile and be so sweet to me that I’ll trust you, but the minute I don’t give you everything you want the instant you demand it, you’ll turn on me and try to crush me. You’re just like everyone else in the world. No one matters but you. (Aiden)

I think it's important to be aware of different people's styles and how you adapt or change or steal their ideas.

When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.

Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

Tell anyone and everyone your idea without fear they're going to steal it.

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world that mean you harm, And sometimes, they're the people who say they love you.

Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.

It's ok if others share our ideas as long as they build upon them. It's called progress.

Here's what is exciting about sharing ideas with others: If you share a new idea with ten people, they get to hear it once and you get to hear it ten times.

People are just greedy animals, after all.

I'm not comfortable, for myself and for others. And yet, one has these people whom you trust, have faith in, whom you believe see what you see, and then you come up against a moment where you feel suddenly tossed out. So I was really interested in those moments.

Trust is a careless pursuit at best. At worst, it's a good way to get yourself killed.