“I am all in favor of the skeptical mind. Do not believe anything unless you have experienced it. Do not believe anything - go on questioning, however long it takes.” MindBelieveLongGoes OnFavorsQuestioningSkepticismSkepticalNon BelieverAnything GoesBlind TrustBlind Acceptance Author:Rajneesh
“We all have a friend or family member who can't bear the sight of a mess. Use her obsessive compulsion to your advantage! Whisper in her ear: "I'm always impressed by how neat your house is. Can you do me a favor and help tidy this place up as the night goes on?"” HelpingUseNightHouseGoes OnBearsMembersAdvantageEarsSightFavorsMessImpressedCompulsionNeatObsessiveFamily MembersTidy Author:Clinton Kelly
“The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married. If my brother gets hit by a car tomorrow, my sister-in-law will go on living materially in the same way that she does now. If the same thing happens to me, a great deal of what I have will go off to the taxman. That's because of one of, as you doubtless know, eleven hundred federal laws that favor marriage.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayKindDoeHappensFacesLawResultsDealsCarBrotherGoes OnTomorrowGayMarriedHundredFinancialBurdenAbsenceFavorsThings HappenAll KindsMy BrotherMy SisterElevenIn-lawsGay PeopleSister In LawFinancial Burden Author:Andrew Solomon
“I'm no expert on pornography. The core element of it, I think, is degradation of women, whatever else goes on. I don't think it should be outlawed, but I'm not in favor of the degradation of anybody.” ThinkingShouldGoes OnElementsFavorsCoreExpertsPornographyDegradation Author:Noam Chomsky
“Stories hold power because they convey the illusion that life has purpose and direction. Where God is absent from the lives of all but the most blessed, the writer, of all people, replaces that ordering principle. Stories make sense when so much around us is senseless, and perhaps what makes them most comforting is that, while life goes on and pain goes on, stories do us the favor of ending.” PeopleStoriesPainPurposePrinciplesGoes OnIllusionBlessedFavorsMake SenseComfortingAbsentLife Goes OnPurpose And Direction Author:John Hodgman