Criss Jami Quotes

Narcissists often feign oppression because narcissists always feel entitled.

~ Criss Jami

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders.

~ Criss Jami

Excitement is a crossroad which runs in all directions. No man lacks personality, he just never connected with you at the intersection.

~ Criss Jami

The fans are always more radical than that which they are fans.

~ Criss Jami

It's always funny that you can try and try again to steal all your critics' ammo, predict their responses, but no matter what, they'll still have a water gun stashed somewhere.

~ Criss Jami

Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.

~ Criss Jami

When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.

~ Criss Jami

Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people cannot fathom an individual who, like a child confined to a church pew, gets little enjoyment out of it and would rather do other things.

~ Criss Jami

An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins.

~ Criss Jami

By(e) pen, I've tried my hand at poetry; only to see how boring it is to me. That is, unless I get a chance to destroy each and every piece while doing it as I please.

~ Criss Jami

Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving God a weak name. He's not as simple as conservative versus liberal, old versus new. His wings are balanced. God is both and neither.

~ Criss Jami

The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind.

~ Criss Jami

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.

~ Criss Jami

Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease.

~ Criss Jami

Always have there been great numbers of individuals who were very much eager to fight for good causes. Always there were these, but then there were even greater numbers of trendies who would then become wholly and completely misguided in the efforts.

~ Criss Jami

Trends are about as fickle as the direction of the wind, as are the legacies of those who flow with them.

~ Criss Jami

Normality is the new eccentric.

~ Criss Jami

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

~ Criss Jami

Even when the truth is in fact simple, simplicity is still relative.

~ Criss Jami

Chance is your godThough you're falling free you will land hard

~ Criss Jami

When you're truly awesome, you know that it's actually a burden and wish day after day to be relieved of such a curse. Think of about 95% of the superheroes.

~ Criss Jami

One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people.

~ Criss Jami

You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on evading only one defender is asking to be blindsided.

~ Criss Jami

That most pleasant weather to feel is the one never felt.

~ Criss Jami