“To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority to the masses of one's fellow men, and (c) delicately and unceasingly amused according to one's taste. It is my contention that, if this definition be accepted, there is no country in the world wherein a man constituted as I am - a man of my peculiar weakness, vanities, appetites, and aversions - can be so happy as he can be in the United States.” IfsMenWorldWellsCountryStatesFeelingsCareUnitedUnited StatesTasteComfortableMassWeaknessFellowsDefinitionsAcceptedVanityEaseFedsAppetitePeculiarSuperiorityFellow ManAmusedAversionContentionZion Author:H. L. Mencken
“Much of the image of the amazingness of America comes from the movies into other cultures. And it's much the same thing when you reverse it. Much of Africa is presented through poverty, through drought and war. [But] you're not presenting people, you're not presenting countries, you're not presenting complexity, and so people can't care about an amorphous mass called Africa.” PeopleWarCountryCareAmericaCulturePovertyMassComplexityReversePresentingDroughtOther Cultures Author:Chris Abani
“Matter can be conveniently divided for descriptive purposes into space , time , mass, and energy . However we can only describe any one of these phenomena in terms of the other three. Any definitions we care to make about matter are thus tautological .” MatterCarePurposeThreeEnergyTermSpaceMassDefinitionsDividedSpace Time Book:Liber Kaos Source: Liber Kaos
“I believe one should design for the advantage of the largest mass of people, first and always. That takes care of ideologies and sociologies.” PeopleShouldFirstsBelieveCareI BelieveDesignMassAdvantageTake CareIdeologySociology Author:Raymond Loewy
“Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think” PeopleThinkingMaySeemsCareSeaCrazyConditionsMassRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingRainyFisherman Author:John Gierach