“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“We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”
History“Christmas makes everything twice as sad.”
Sad“Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.”
Men“The future and eternity are two entirely different things.”
Future“The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.”
Relationship“Technology favors horrible people.”
Technology“It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.”
Future“Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.”
Politics“Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.”
Dreams“People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.”
Family“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“Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.”
Failure“We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place.”
Death“You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.”
Fear“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“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“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“The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top.”
Business“Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.”
Car“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