Noam Chomsky Quotes

I was invincible, at least that's what I wanted you to think, and I wanted me to think it, too.

Tonight I'll dust myself off, tonight I'll suck my gut in, I'll face the night and I'll pretend I got something to believe in.

Yeah, some people don't know anything about football.

My form's good in practice, but that doesn't count for anything, really.

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

The person who imagined that he could not be the victim of propaganda because he could distinguish truth from falsehood, is extremely susceptible to propaganda, because when propaganda does tell the truth, he is then convinced that it is no longer propaganda: moreover, his self-confidence makes him all the more vulnerable to attacks of which he is unaware.

I divorce myself from listeners who aren't tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it's all right, and then they go out.

I take pride in my sports knowledge. I take pride in everything I do. It's part of me.

Nobody knows diddly. They just think they do. And the people that think they know the most know the least.

The one thing I have found about Hollywood is it's a town full of people who believe in themselves, often to a degree where they're what you would call "delusional."

Only a man who cannot conquer his deficiencies feels the need to convince the world that he has none.

We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.

The confident artist is a fool.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any right knowledge of them, although to themselves they seem to have.

Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.

People have never lost what they think they have.

I'm very glad I've got a make-up artist. I have trouble going to school when I've got bad spots and things like that so I still don't understand how I got up in front of a camera and did it. I almost had a moment of madness every time I did that. It's difficult and it's scary and you hope that people won't be looking at your flaws, especially when you're in 3D as well.

I want women to choose something that makes them feel empowered and fantastic and admired by many people.

People exaggerate their own skills. they are optimistic about their prospects and overconfident about their guesses, including which managers to pick.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They are ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day.

It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous.

I'm the fortieth ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what!... Isn't this how people used to fall in love?

Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have consequences. People who grossly overestimate their capabilities undertake activities that are clearly beyond their reach. As a result, they get themselves into considerable difficulties, undermine their credibility, and suffer needless failures. Some of the missteps, of course, can produce serious, irreparable harm