David Addington quotes

David Addington quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Fear and anxiety were exploited by zealots and fools.”
-- David Addington

#Anxiety Quotes #Fool Quotes #Zealot Quotes

“The media no longer hesitate to whip up lurid anxieties in order to increase sales, in the process undermining social confidence and multiplying fears.”
“If you want to understand entrepreneurs, you have to study the psychology of the juvenile delinquent. They don't have the same anxiety triggers that we have.”
“Taking photographs can assuage the itch for possession sparked by the beauty of a place; our anxiety over losing a precious scene can decline with every click of the shutter.”
“In fact most of what we call anxiety is overconcern about what someone thinks of you.”
“What is wealth? A dream of fools.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.34, Courier Corporation
“Never call a man a fool; borrow from him”

Source : Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1908). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom”
“A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.”
“Only fools and passengers drink at sea.”
“I'm not good with bullies and zealots.”
“Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots”

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