The human condition is either thinking that we’re free when we’re actually held captive or thinking that we’re captive when we’re actually free
I used to stand on the moral high ground to look myself in the eye but now that I’ve plucked it out and thrown it away
Being human beings Pacifists are just as obsessed With wielding power As everybody else And just as pathological as those
The sign used to say: Gentlemen may remove their hats All others must Now it reads: Ladies and gentlemen may wear thei…
When things were easy going it was easy to believe you were on the up and up But when the going got tough suddenly you were going
When my dog gives me that knowing… I don’t know what she knows I only know that she knows Who I’m fooling And it isn’t her
Asked to account for his success w… he explained that he drives his ca… like he won it on The Price Is R…
Apocalypse now in the eternal now
The lamppost is an outpost Where it’s safe to admit That between you, me, and the lamp… Self-knowledge is over-rated Self-deception is automated
Afraid that everything I wanted was nothing to write home about I was left with nothing to write home about
People don’t generally like instru… because music without words is just math come alive Adding words to music takes it from counting time
Until the company’s weekend retrea… I didn’t know that my leadership s… was like never having braces but still wearing a retainer
America’s belief system– The show must go on– comes into focus when you suspend disbelief Because it’s not about justice
Secure in my authenticity I thought I’d avoided that trap which had ensnared so many of my g… the safety of ironic distance– until I realized that
People can’t really love their ene… but they sure can love the enemy of their enemy which actually gets them awful clo… to universal love anyway