“There is nothing more disgraceful than a vain man."
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
Source: The Blood of Whisperers
“It was more difficult not to
understand than to understand.”
Source: A Nasty Anecdote
“Don't forget, Bertil. Today's honors must be greeted with the same reserve as yesterday's disgraces.”
Source: L'âge d'or. Volume 1
“Look not to the past where you were embarrassed, for the most important thing is that those moments are gone, and you are still here.”
Source: Stamerenophobia
“Even the colors are strategized. Take that sausage and gochujang pasta-- when I asked Lebus why he thought it did so well, he just said: 'Orange.' As is traditional in the culture of tech start-ups, he's been listening to pop psychology podcasts. 'Orange is the color that makes people hungry,' he explained. 'It's why the McDonald's logo is yellow and red.' He added that blue doesn't occur naturally in food-- even blueberries are a kind of dusky, purple bruise-- which is why it's often used in diet company branding. If you scroll through Mob recipes, the palette is mostly the same shades of sunset, yolk, terracotta, mahogany, vermilion and tar that you'd find in a New York-style cheese slice.”
Source: All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
“When only one party makes a profit that's robbery when all parties make profit that's business.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Once I stand and watch helplessly while some rug rat pulls everything he can reach off the racks, and the thought that abortion is wasted on the unborn must show on my face, because his mother finally tells him to stop.”
Source: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
“To merge on the road you are meant to travel, means making a choice and then taking action.”
“Profesorii, părinții și psihologii au observat o scădere abruptă a capacității de a păstra atenția, atât în rândul adulților, cât și al copiilor. Un studiu din 2015 a constatat că durata medie de atenție a adulților a scăzut de la 12 la 8 secunde, adică mai puțin decât poate fi atent un caras auriu.”
Source: Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer
“Analizând preocupările de astăzi pentru practicarea fitnessului, fără îndoială că un psihiatru de la jumătatea secolului al XX-lea ar găsi numeroase motive să suspecteze o gamă largă de tulburări mintale - masochism, narcisism, tulburare obsesiv-compulsivă - fiecare dintre acestea putând semnala necesitatea unei intervenții medicale.”
Source: Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer