Robert Black > Quotes

“It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.”
― Robert Black

“Sometimes what you see of a person
Is only what they want you to see
But if you disrespect that part
They will see all of you”
― Robert Black

“Every second in the air in Paris is art.”
― Robert Black

“In dictatorships the media is controlled by the State. In democracies the media is controlled by wealthy individuals with political affiliations. Objective media and journalists simply do not exist in the mainstream.”
― Robert Black

“Successful long term relationships are all about power levels.

A high power level male will attract and succeed with a high level power female.
How do we define those power levels? We can’t, they are inherently in us, and invisible to scientists, accountants, psychologists and spiritualists alike. None can explain the Universe in its entirety, and it is more than chemistry, biology, physics, genetics, horoscopes, religion, in-laws, fame, psychology and spirituality.

We may be infatuated by a person, but as soon as we hold their hands, kiss their lips, and especially, make love or have sex with them, their power levels will be instantly exposed.”
― Robert Black

“Every time I think I am out of the woods, I am back in the fire.”
― Robert Black

“Most of us spend all our working life dreaming of doing nothing, then when we end up doing nothing, we long for something. When we have neither longing, I think that is what they call living for the moment.”
― Robert Black, The Control Sickness

“Writers begin with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.”
― Robert Black

“Some people swim as fast as they can. Faster than most. They can never stop and rest for long, and they never reach their destination, for they are constantly swimming upstream. But eventually they become strong, in their own way.”
― Robert Black

“Misogynist is a word used by women about men who are able to describe women directly and accurately enough to make them feel uncomfortable and insecure about themselves.”
― Robert Black

“There is some kind of elegant gentleness to Paris that I don't quite understand yet.”
― Robert Black

“When you are young your body cannot handle alcohol, and when you get old your mind cannot handle it. Either way, alcohol has its way.”
― Robert Black

“You can always tell what the pussy will be like, when you kiss the lips.”
― Robert Black

“To be or not to be, fucked up on whiskey, that is the question.”
― Robert Black

“Insecure people seek answers in all the wrong places.”
― Robert Black

“When you travel overseas, the locals see you as a foreigner, and when you return, you see the locals as foreigners.”
― Robert Black

“In my experience, insecure people constantly need to show that they are superior to others, whether they are or not, and they will often stoop to unscrupulous tactics to achieve this, the most common being to persistently mock, criticize, and put others down, the objective being to lower the status of the other person in the eyes of others, thus easing their own feelings of insecurity, and inadequacy. Secure people, on the other hand, do not have this need.”
― Robert Black, Laowai

“If you write about the dark side of people, you are more likely to be closer to the truth, because people don’t pretend to be dark, nearly as much as they pretend to be good.”
― Robert Black

“Politicians are people who learn not to blink, when they lie.”
― Robert Black

“It is ironic that political correctness, conformity, and laws serve to make us inhuman, yet that is often the word used to describe those who do not conform.”
― Robert Black

“One night stands are like chess, only the loser desires a rematch.”
― Robert Black

“Life must be terrible for working people, considering they spend every Friday night celebrating a two day break from it.”
― Robert Black

“When you live by karma and conscience alone, there is no one to repent to, except yourself.”
― Robert Black

“There are only two people in your life, they will either give you a negative feeling, or a warm feeling, when you think of them.”
― Robert Black

“There are no unnatural acts, only unacceptable acts.”
― Robert Black

“Most of my girlfriends are sent by the Devil and seem genuinely bemused when I do not succumb to their powers.”
― Robert Black

“I cannot trust my other side, my drunken side, to act in my best interests anymore.”
― Robert Black

“Better say gays are bad, or people might think I am gay.

That's homophobia, in a nutshell.”
― Robert Black

“The best time to do anything, get drunk, surf, run, take a walk, gamble, make love, get high, watch a movie, read a book, is on a Monday, when everyone else is at work, as their depression will heighten your celebration, of not being them.”
― Robert Black

“Isn't it strange how the most lethal cynics are often the most optimistic creative dreamers?”
― Robert Black