[M]an is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. The Existentialist does not believe in the power of passion. He will never agree that a sweeping passion is a ravaging torrent which fatally leads a man to certain acts and is therefore an excuse. He thinks that man is responsible for his passion.

the worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth

One should commit no stupidity twice, the variety of choice is, in the end, large enough.

I respect orders but I respect myself too and I do not obey foolish rules made especially to humiliate me.

What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and, only afterwards, defines himself. If man, as the existentialist conceives him, is indefinable, it is because at first he is nothing. Only afterward will he be something, and he himself will have made what he will be.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

To eat is to appropriate by destruction.