Serj Tankian Quotes

We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob us of their companionship.

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

I've definitely been in that situation many times - staying in a relationship longer than I should. I think there's so much of your identity that comes from a relationship.

We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob us of their companionship. It is obviously not the ideas themselves that are dear to us, but our self-esteem, which is threatened.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit, since what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.

People fall in love with their identity with their own position and are often reluctant to leave.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know America is better than every other country.

Nothing is too absurd to be believed of human prejudice.

The passive aggressive arguer comes armed with tricky tactics. They cannot take the risk that they might be wrong: their self-esteem is too intertwined with their opinions. It is more important to affirm their rightness, and sense of superiority, than to arrive at the truth.

People can rationalize in funny ways to hold onto their dreams and needs.

I wanted to play this part: the goofy rock and roller who can't hang up his guitar when it's clear to everyone else that he should.

Football matters so much to people, and they get very defensive - or angry.

What people think is their individual nature is just a bundle of thoughts, emotions, ideas, opinions, and prejudices. The world can do without this individuality.

Growing up I was a Cleveland Browns fan and my mood would change based on how they were playing. If they were losing I wasn't as happy, I wasn't as excited, I was a little sad.

People want identity, security, and jobs.

No matter what happens, I'm still Perez Hilton. I'm bigger than any one app or any one thing.

Religion has played a big part in eliminating the nuance in humanity. People began to believe things before they knew them. It stopped people from listening and learning with the patience and love of the God they believe in.

People that know me know I take stuff personally.

I think any break-up from a long relationship has this accompanying feeling of who am I without this person. You feel like a half-person because you've integrated yourself into an idea of a couple for so long, and then teasing that out and finding out who you are without them, it just takes a while. It feels like an amputation.

We believe easily what we fear of what we desire

I can't draw a line between myself and stuff that I do. It's funny, I don't want to sound like it's just about this, but really with everything I do, it's hard for me to take myself out of it.

Identity is memory; when memory disappears, the self dissolves and love with it.

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

It wasn't Liza Minnelli. It was the woman I loved.

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.