It's always been and always will be the same in the world: The horse does the work and the coachman is tipped.
You know what, Stuart? I like you. You're not like the other people, here, in the trailer park.
By legend and perhaps by nature philosophers are more accustomed to the armchair than the workbench.
-Ian Hacking
I get insulted by ads telling me I could dress better. The CIA never tells me that, and you know why? Because they can actually see me.
There is no conspiracy. Nobody is in charge. It's a headless blunder operating under the illusion of a master plan.
It isn't the fall that kills the child, it is the splattering of the brain against the inside of the skull.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
As I see it, yes
Ask again later
Better not tell you now
Cannot predict now
Concentrate and ask again
Here stands the Great Machine! Its eyes are gold and silver, and its name is Urizen. Ever does it turn, marching forward into eternity, turning the blood of men into history. Caught in its terrible gears, the world wails. Turning, turning, ever turning: The end is marked by a wheel
human governments are like men's briefs: if they aren't changed occasionally, they breed dick taters.
When the naive man admits his naivete, he is no longer naive. Thus, all people are regarded by society as either ignorant or a liar.
if the average woman wold rather have beauty than brains, it's because the average man can see better than he can think. - gregory benford
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