Carl Hiaasen Quotes

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

Introspection! I hate it!

The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.

One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.

I believe my biggest critic is me only.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

We are the source of our problems not mysterious sinister foreigners overseas.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

I've always internalized things.

If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself or see much of what I do. I never care how I look.

Every time you think the problem is 'out there,' that very thought is the problem.

As a person... I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical.

In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.

I'm not good at watching myself.

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

Usually, I'm over-analyzing things that have to do with my own actions.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.

I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

I am to a fault an introspective person. But I am not a reflective person - except for a big mistake, and then I really think about it.