Apropos Quotes

“All people are, at heart, egocentric. We exist at the center of our own little universes. We believe that we are living out our lives as best we can, and that we have our own sphere of influence which exists of both friends and enemies. They in turn have their own friends and enemies with whom they interact. That is a given. But we, each of us, tend to put ourselves ahead of others because we believe that we are significant. We must attend to our own needs, desires, wants, and aspirations, because each of us is our own greatest priority. No one else cares for us as much as we do, no one else can exist in our skin. We think we're important. It is where our sense of self-worth comes up, where our egos reside, where "we" are. And we believe that each of our lives means something.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one's plans for it.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level, and they also sometimes move you to foolish and inopportune acts, which was what happened in my case.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“It's been going on for days now! On and on and on for days! If I hear one more sexual-chemistry-charged and mutually misunderstood argument I'm going to shoot the pair of you!”
― Dave Stone, Doctor Who: Death and Diplomacy

“Only in this world of topsy-turvy attitudes could outright stupidity, such as I had displayed, be something that got me high marks. I had an amused glimmering of a notion at that point: If I ever turned out to be a complete and utter fool, I could wind up running the whole kingdom. It was something to consider.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn't from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“Apropos, you're going to have to learn to sooner or later that you can't just let other people decide what the world around you should and shouldn't be.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“There are some for whom the good of mankind is their primary concern, and others who basically put their own considerations before everyone else. I was among the latter.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“Noblest. Bravest. What rot. There was no bravery in buying oneself out of difficulty.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“Some time later, I sat in the wine cellar, staring at the walls while cradling a wineskin in my lap like a child, murmuring over and over as if lulling the child to sleep, 'I am shat upon. I am shat upon'.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“I guess it really had been brave . . . because it was so bugger-all stupid, and if there was one thing I'd come to realize, ti was that bravery and bugger-all stupidity went hand in hand.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“That's just the point, my dear fellow, that cases may arise when the Government does not fulfill the will of its citizens and then Society announces its own will.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina