 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...absurdity of bad originals. François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French writer, moralist When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Eric Hoffcr (1902-1983) American philosopher Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
...achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist. — /. Paul Getty When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. — Eric Hoffer The golden rule is tha: there are no golden rules. — George Bernard Shaw Don't compromise you -self.... | |
 | Bob Phillips - Quotations, English - 1993 - 372 pages
...so many of them. Abraham Lincoln When people don't want to come, nothing will stop them. Sol Hurok When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Eric Hoffer It is easy to see through people who make spectacles of themselves. There are now three classes of... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...British poet, crilic. "Ars Poética,' no. 47, in Indepenfleni on Sunday (London, 1 6 Dec. 1 990). 3 (1902-1983). US philosopher. The Passionate Stale of Mind, ^ph. 33(1955). Hoffer adds, "A society which... | |
 | John Mason - Religion - 1993 - 132 pages
...unique and distinctive characteristics? Don't be a living custard. It's true what Eric Hoffer said: "When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other." Man is the only creation that refuses to be what he is. Don't just look for miracles. You are a miracle.... | |
 | Elaine Hatfield, John T Cacioppo, Richard L Rapson - Psychology - 1994 - 256 pages
...emotional contagion (outlined in Proposition 1). Evidence for Proposition 1: Mimicry and synchrony When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. - Eric Hoffer Mimicry and synchrony are rudimentary and pervasive influences in social interactions, helping to regulate... | |
 | Everett Ferguson - Religion - 1996 - 468 pages
...the slavery of selfishness. This view of freedom is also illusory. In Eric Hoffer's pungent paradox, "When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other." The columnist Sydney Harris offers this insight, "Most people mistakenly believe that to be 'free'... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
..."Imagination as Value," lecture, 1 948, The Necessary Angel (1 951 ). (Originally published 1949). Imitation 1 When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. ERIC HOFFER, (1902-1983) US philosopher. The Passionate State of Mind, aph. 33 (1955). Hoffer adds, "A society which... | |
 | Charles R. Swindoll - Religion - 1998 - 384 pages
..."Striving to better, oft we mar what's well," wrote ye olde Shakespeare." It's a curious fact that when people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. I seriously fear we are rapidly becoming a nation of discontented, incompetent marionettes, dangling... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...less sensitive than they seem. 4665 When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves. 4666 s, the President [Woodrow Wilson! looked wiser when he was seated. 5600 The Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest. HOFFMAN August Heinrich... | |
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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. 
