Top 200 A.D. Aliwat Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “The best way for a critic to fight against bad art is to keep it a secret.”

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152. “It’s hella funny with men. How dumb they are; how much it seems they really hate themselves.”

— A.D. Aliwat

153. “There really is nothing like firsthand knowledge if it’s mine.”

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154. “I know my kids will be incredible, just not as great as me.”

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155. “The internet is nothing but a jumble of nonsense, an atrocious mixed metaphor. It’s not meant to be understood. First and foremost, it’s a web that you surf. What the hell does that even mean? It not only defies sense but the very laws of physics! And now, apparently, it also contains a cloud. And this is something that’s supposed to be secure? That which looks solid but in fact is not, something literally as thin as air? Perfect!”

— A.D. Aliwat

156. “The only real blasphemy is not believing in anything.”

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157. “To most people down there, they seem like everything. Clouds. They seem mystical and very important. As if they carry out God’s will.”

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158. “It wouldn’t be so bad, to actually be living; it would be pretty nice.”

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159. “She seemed to speak to herself more than him. But this is the strength of any good mystic.”

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160. “What the hell has he been wasting his time doing? Indulging his insanity, that’s what.”

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161. “This country air, it really is for them, the birds.”

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162. “Technology cannot be trusted!”

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163. “The one thing that will help in almost any New York City situation is to simply appear crazier than anyone else around.”

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164. “A day is made up of twenty-four hours. It’s not too few or too many. It just is. People fill the hours however they choose. Work, school, leisure activities, sleep: those kinds of things.”

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165. “If it hasn’t come by now, it won’t.”

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166. “Girls know the value of a good secret.”

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167. “New year, old you.”

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168. “Change form, execute function.”

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169. “Alphas, like Scarface, can be drug dealers, but it’s still a little grimy.”

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170. “Someone’s truth is in what they love.”

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171. “The truth you know has all been a lie.”

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172. “A junior high sports bus was, in the same vein as some fancier modes of passenger transport – limousines, private jets, coaches, whatever – a place where the important people, the king and queen, sat in the back.”

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173. “Letters form words, lines lengthen, paragraphs grow.”

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174. “The week leading into spring marks the start of the hunt.”

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175. “The internet is like everything that came before it, but so much more. More powerful than the greatest words ever written or spoken in any language, more powerful than any image or symbol ever seen, more powerful than hope or fear, more powerful than religion, faith itself, the totality of the human spirit. The invisible infinite that rules over our lives whether we want it to or not. But really, who doesn’t? Everyone wants a master, everyone needs some version of God.”

— A.D. Aliwat

176. “It’s just fun to make men fall in love with you.”

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177. “B students don’t deserve mixers.”

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178. “The proof is always on paper.”

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179. “Imperfect; flawed, but trying.”

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180. “He cannot trust himself. If he is an island, he is a volcanic one. Alone in a troubled sea.”

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181. “While it’s true the city’s gotten a lot safer, you still gotta watch out for the wackadoos. You always will.”

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182. “Investment banking is my true calling, so I’m comfortable making sacrifices. I’ve basically given my life to it these past few years. It’s sort of like joining the Army, except instead of going off and losing a leg in some faraway desert to make some defense contractor or oil guy rich, I get to sell things like collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps to idiots and make myself rich.”

— A.D. Aliwat

183. “Just gotta do you. Always. If you can’t handle the power, you can’t handle the power.”

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184. “Fraternities aren’t cool at all, not in the real, rock-and-roll sense, the one I now knew. They have a reputation of housing douchebags that pay for friends and try to seem better than everyone else, and actually smart, cool people shouldn’t want to be a part of anything like that.”

— A.D. Aliwat

185. “In Buddhism, we don’t believe in the soul. Only karma, deeds. The soul is more of a Western thing. The individual.”

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186. “Faith is a puzzle meant to take someone’s entire life to complete.”

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187. “You can make something less offensive by taking it over.”

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188. “When done right, a sandwich can absolutely lead to transcendence.”

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189. “Words are kinda dumb when you can use pictures.”

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190. “Shaving is always cathartic, much like showering, changing out of clothes, anything where what once was carried during a moment or period of distress is purged.”

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191. “Writing well with children in the house is damn near impossible.”

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192. “Voices are stupid. They influence how people perceive words, coloring them with unclear emotions, instead of letting the words stand on their own. Text messaging is much better. It allows people to be the idea they’re expressing. If you want to express emotions, you should use emojis. It’s what they’re there for.”

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193. “Nobody will write anything of real value from here on out. Journalism – among the most basic forms of storytelling, the mere relaying of information – doesn’t even stand a chance, has been reduced to those so-called ‘listicles’ or has reverted to sensationalism. Even The Times is riddled with silly teenage-speak and acronyms now, so forget actual literature.”

— A.D. Aliwat

194. “A tear. But only one.”

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195. “There’s a certain quiet dignity to it, the chivalrous gesture by the dumpee.”

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196. “At least at parties everybody knows somebody, there’s a semblance of vetting and community, friendship.”

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197. “Really, who doesn’t like Mexican, though?”

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198. “What sounds so terrible from a dog or small child is just wonderful coming from a grown man.”

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199. “It’s sort of pathetic to just play other people’s songs all the time, even if you don’t feel like you have the chops to write good music.”

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200. “Only a fool would deny me.”

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