Zitat des Tages über Selbstzerstörung / Self-Defeating:
When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating.
Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating.
I used to believe that George Michael was a total actor. It was self-defeating, because it made me also feel fraudulent.
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.
It is always self-defeating to pretend to a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history.
Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.
Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
Dedicating some time to meditation is a meaningful expression of caring for yourself that can help you move through the mire of feeling unworthy of recovery. As your mind grows quieter and more spacious, you can begin to see self-defeating thought patterns for what they are, and open up to other, more positive options.
I've never worn costume jewelry in my life. It's really very self-defeating. Why should a man buy a woman real jewelry when she wears false pieces?
Hostility toward Iran may not be the silliest of all American foreign policies - that would probably be the continuing trade embargo of Cuba - but it is undoubtedly the most self-defeating.
A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have a new theory: Positive is the new negative.
Sitting with a bunch of adults and arguing about what's going to be most effective for kids is just sort of self-defeating.