Fifty percent of people want to sleep with me, and the other 50 percent want to kill me.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims half of people desire intimacy while the other half wishes harm.
- In plain terms
- Half want love, half want to kill me.
- What can you take from it?
- Public perception can be extreme and polarized.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives such extreme public reactions?
- How can one protect oneself from hostile attention?
Another view
Likely hyperbole rather than factual split.
More from Rachel Marsden
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad serves up] a triple scoop of crazy, sprinkled with crazy, and topped off with warm crazy sauce.
Permalink to quote #2 For Dick Cheney, it must have felt just like any other day at the office: Folks who don't shave, don't bathe, and want him dead. Wow, feels just like back home!
Permalink to quote #3 Al Gore could really pollute a bathroom ... Just look at the guy. If someone doesn't take away his pork 'n' beans, he's bound to get another one of those 'gut …
Permalink to quote #4
Related quotes
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde quote #54 Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Samuel GoldwynSamuel Goldwyn quote #27 Blown away by fame We could all feel the shotgun hit the floor.
Kurt Donald CobainKurt Donald Cobain quote #141