“In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.”
Future“We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”
History“In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.”
Future“If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.”
Courage“Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.”
Failure“Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.”
Famous“I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?”
Food“The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.”
Alone“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“People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.”
Family“People will always choose more money over more sex.”
Money“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“The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.”
Alone“Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.”
Failure“We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”
History“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“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“Technology favors horrible people.”
Technology“If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.”
Hope“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“If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.”
Failure“If you don't change, then what's the point of anything happening to you?”
Change