“We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”
History“People will always choose more money over more sex.”
Money“We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”
History“The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.”
Alone“Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.”
Birthday“Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.”
Car“It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.”
Future“When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture.”
Future“In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.”
Future“If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.”
Good“Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.”
Age“Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.”
Business“Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.”
Change“Technology favors horrible people.”
Technology“I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get right to the point and rename three o'clock 'Pepsi.'”
Future“I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?”
Food“Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.”
Failure“Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.”
Famous“Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.”
Nature“The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.”
Relationship“I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements.”
Money“There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.”
Time